Assignment:
Each aisle of a six-aisle Automated Storage/Retrieval System is to contain 50 storage compartments in the length direction and eight compartments in the vertical direction. All storage compartments will be the same size to accommodate standard size pallets of dimensions: x = 36 in and y = 48 in. The height of a unit load z = 30 in thing the allowances a = 6 in, = 8 in. and c = 10 in. determine: (a) how many unit loads can be stored in the AS/RS and (b) the width, length, and height of the AS/RS. The rack structure will be built 18 in above floor level.
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