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Re: How far does the tote drop out of feeder station?

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Originally Posted by Taylor View Post
These statements are interesting to me; in our tests, the totes come out exactly the same way every single time.
We are testing on carpet floor, with a slick chute surface similar to HDPE.
We have noticed that there is a tendency for the tote to do a nose-dive when exiting the chute and stand on end when on carpet. On a tile floor, the tote slides to a horizontal orientation.
Same thing here. It always lands nose down. We use HDPE in our chute with a polycarb door. I think our carpet is the same as the official ones this year (its from 2012 or 2013 vendor but I have to double check that)

3309 confirmed the same thing with their 2013 spec carpet.
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