Question: A single carousel storage system has an oval rail loop that is = 30 ft long and 3 ft wide. Sixty carriers are equally spaced

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 5 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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