Assignment:
An automated storage/retrieval system has four aisles. The storage racks in each aisle are 40 ft high and 200 ft long. The SIR machine for each aisle travels at a horizontal speed of 400 ft/min and a vertical speed of 60 ft/min. If the pick-and-deposit time = 0.3 ram, deter-mine the throughput rate (loads moved per hour) of the AS/RS, under the assumption that time spent each hour performing single command cycles is twice the time spent performing dual command cycles and that the AS/RS operates at 90% utilization.
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