Question: An AGV driverless train system is being planned for a warehouse. Each train will consistof the towing vehicle plus three pulled carts. Train velocity is

An AGV driverless train system is being planned for a warehouse. Each train will consistof the towing vehicle plus three pulled carts. Train velocity is 200 ft/min. Only the pulledcarts carry loads, one load per cart. The average loaded travel distance per delivery cycleis 2500 ft and empty travel distance is the same. The anticipated traffic factor is 0.95 andavailability is 0.98.The load handling time per train per delivery is expected to be 7.5 min.If the requirements on the AGVS are 20 loads per hour, determine the number of trainsrequired.

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