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Re: Best Way to Shoot the Balls??

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Originally Posted by Kelvin Ng
I just wonder about jamming. Is it possible that a pile of balls may interfere with each other's ability to load? Kind of like how 2 balls may get stuck in a funnel and neither actually falls into the hole that is designed to fit one? If that is unclear, sorry I'm not the best person at explaining things.
it is possible to have two balls jam. the teams will just have to design a way around that. stored single file, yes, or a take a field trip to some factories. i did some temp work on an assembly line one summer and was amazed by all the machines used to move things around. a few that come to mind as aplicable would be a pinwheel on the bottom of the hopper to break up jams if they were to occur or a slowly contracting space (like a funnel but with steeper sides).
 


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