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Re: Do Totes Land Flat From Feeder Station?

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Originally Posted by Monochron View Post
This hasn't been our experience actually. We have seen about 80% landing on their bottom. Our difference though is that the chute bottom is made out of polycarbonate, not HDPE. Everything else is very close to the field specification. We are trying to figure out what is causing our results to be so different.
Did you include the aluminum angle to constrain the bottom of edge of the totes?

We totes do not come out of the feeder fast since there are multiple surfaces it is encountering on its way out. We found making sure the tote was touching something on all four sides as it came out gave us closer to field like results of them taking the nose dive.

To everyone please make sure you are planning ahead for this. Do not expect totes to land flat on the field.
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