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A Baggage carousel is the name given to a device, generally at an airport, that delivers checked luggage to the passengers at the baggage claim area at their final destination. Not all airports use these devices. Airports that do not have carousels generally deliver baggage by placing it on the floor or sliding it through an opening in a wall. Categories: Stub | Airports ...

Operation

Bags are placed on some type of conveyor belt out of sight of the passengers by the airline employees. Point of contact between a power transmission belt and its pulley. ...

In a single level system, the belt will deliver bags into the terminal from an opening in the wall. The belt generally runs along the wall for a short distance and then turns into the terminal forming a long oval that allows many passengers to access the belt. The belt continues back to the loading area through a second opening in the wall.

In a multi level system, the bags are generally loaded below the carousel and then delivered onto a moving oval shaped carousel. It is common for this type of system to have two delivery belts increasing the speed with which bags can be delivered to the passenger level.

Exceptions

As a general rule, the following types of checked baggage are not placed on a baggage carousel:

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Placing on the floor
Delivered throught a special opening
Picked up at the customer service office
Placed in special racks (common in ski area destinations)

Category: Airports

Results from FactBites:

OSHA Ergonomic Solutions: Baggage Handling eTool - Baggage Handling: Baggage Make-up Room (817 words)
	Use both hands to handle baggage (Figure 2) and avoid lifting baggage by the handle to minimize lifting from awkward postures.
	Raise the carousel lip to minimize bending (preferably between 29 and 33 inches).
	Have engineers "meter" the speed of the belt based on the type of baggage being unloaded so the agent is not unloading baggage at a rate that increases his/her chances of being injured.

Baggage claim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (163 words)
	The baggage claim area is, in airport terminology, the area of an airport where one claims one's baggage from the aircraft after a flight.
	The baggage claim area will also usually contain the airlines customers service counter for claiming items that are too large to fit on the carousel or to report missing baggage.
	In some airports, passengers are required to display their baggage check receipt so that it can be matched against the bag they are trying to remove from baggage claim.

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