Assignment:
A single carousel storage system has an oval rail loop that is 30 ft long and 3 ft wide. Sixty carriers are equally spaced around the oval. Suspended from each carrier are five bins-Each bin has a volumetric capacity = 0.75 ft3. Carousel speed = 100 ft/min. Average pick-and-deposit time for a retrieval = 20 sec. Determine: (a) volumetric capacity of the storage system and (b) hourly retrieval rate of the storage system.
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