• KreekyBonez@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    cylindrical cans on conveyors do the exact same thing. we usually call it “nesting”, but I always explain the phenomenon with the honeycomb analogy.

    a good amount of time and energy gets spent on figuring out how to prevent it, since the formation is incredibly stable, and difficult to move once it’s settled.