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NAVSTORS employs a unique �moving floor� mechanism, based on a slide puzzle geometry, to achieve these results. Computer-controlled platforms called Payload Carriers, driven by motors, move stacks of pallets and containers weighing as much as 18,000 lbs within the stowage
matrix.
The single-axis Robot transfers payloads between
Omnidirectional Guided Vehicles and
Payload Carriers.
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Unit loads are automatically secured for sea by Standard Payload Interfaces
(SPIs). Payload Carriers deliver requested loads to a robotic load/unload station where they are transferred
by the high - capacity Robotic Stacker to Omnidirectional Guided Vehicles (OGVs) which convey
the loads to other magazines, UNREP stations, weapons assembly areas, or the flight deck. |