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Reply to "Icing Station Design?"

I'm gonna stick with the theory that the platform- (or loading dock-) level thing is a conveyor to bring the ice (delivered by the Union Ice Co. truck) up to the top of the facility, where it can be easily pushed into the reefers. The shape of the scoop at the bottom implies that aim is not critical, as the blocks of ice are unloaded from the truck. The scoop shape allows near misses to occur. Anyone who has ever tried to aim a 1000 pound block of ice will tell you that it's almost impossible to get it into a narrow scoop easily, without some jockeying around.

If the chute were designed to deliver ice to the loading dock, how did the ice get to the facility in the first place? Additionally, can you imagine the safety issues that would arise if gravity were used to let the blocks come down to the dock? Oh, the humanity!!!

Obviously the union members of the Union Ice Co, complained to the bosses, who had the company facilities manager design a widened  hopper to allow easier operations, without cussin' and smashed toes. The Union Ice Co. is an employee-owned company, and safety and efficiency issues are handled without the usual unfortunate adversarial relationship that all too often typifies the worker-management relationship.

"Oh yeah??? Well, tu quoque right back atcha, pal!!!"

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