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A Unit Load AS

The document describes the requirements for designing an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) to store 2000 pallet loads of work-in-process inventory in a factory. The AS/RS must fit within a 60 foot ceiling height and allow for at least 20% additional storage. It will have 4 aisles with 1 shuttle per aisle. The solution calculates the rack structure should be 56.33 feet tall, 112 feet long, and 42 feet wide to meet the requirements.

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A Unit Load AS

The document describes the requirements for designing an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) to store 2000 pallet loads of work-in-process inventory in a factory. The AS/RS must fit within a 60 foot ceiling height and allow for at least 20% additional storage. It will have 4 aisles with 1 shuttle per aisle. The solution calculates the rack structure should be 56.33 feet tall, 112 feet long, and 42 feet wide to meet the requirements.

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A unit load AS/RS for work-in-process storage in a factory must be designed to

store 2000 pallet loads, with anallowance of no less than 20% additional storage
compartments for peak periods and flexibility. The unit loadpallet dimensions are:
depth (x) = 36 in and width (y) = 48 in. Maximum height of a unit load = 42 in. It
hasbeen determined that the AS/RS will consist of four aisles with one S/R
machine per aisle. The maximumceiling height (interior) of the building permitted
by local ordinance is 60 ft, so the AS/RS must fit within thisheight limitation. The
rack structure will be built 2 ft above floor level, and the clearance between the
rackstructure and the ceiling of the building must be at least 18 in. Determine the
dimensions (height, length, andwidth) of the rack structure.
Solution:
 Total number of storage compartments = 2000(1 + 0.20) = 2400
compartments.
 With 4 aisles, number of compartments per aisle = 2400/4 = 600
 Number of compartments per aisle side = 600/2 = 300 compartments/side.
 H = nz (z + c) = nz (42 + 10) = 52 nz
 Given that the rack structure is elevated 2 ft = 24 in above floor level and
that the clearance above the rackstructure = 18 in, then the AS/RS rack
structure itself must have a height H less than 60(12) - 24 - 18 = 678 in.
 Thus,52 nz ≤ 678 nz ≤ 678/52 = 13.04 → use nz = 13
 H = 52 nz = 52(13) = 676 in = 56.33 ft (clearance above rack structure
exceeds 18 in by 2 in)
 ny nz = 300
 ny = 300/13 = 23.07 → use ny = 24 compartments along aisle length
 L = ny (y + b) = 24(48 + 8) = 1344 in = 112 ft.
 W = 3(x + a) = 3(36 + 6) = 126 in/aisle.
 With 4 aisles, W = 4(126) = 504 in = 42 ft
 Actual capacity = 4 x 2 x 24 x 13 = 2496, which slightly exceeds the
specification of 2400

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