Assignment:
A 10-aisle automated storage/retrieval system is located in an integrated factory-warehouse facility. The storage racks in each aisle are 18 m high and 95 m long. The S/R machine for each aisle travels at a horizontal speed of 1.5 m/see and a vertical speed of 0.5 m/see. Pick-and-deposit time 20 sec. Assume that the number of single command cycles per hour is one-half the number of dual command cycles per hour and that the system operates at 80% utilization. Determine the throughput rate (loads moved per hour) of the AS/RS.
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