article_snippet.sent: If you open your suitcase after leaving the airport with damaged goods inside, this might be the reason why.
article_snippet.sent: An airport luggage conveyor belt has a novel way of separating bags into the correct queues - but An airport luggage conveyor belt's a somewhat cut and thrust job.
article_snippet.sent: As the suitcases whizz round on An airport luggage conveyor belt, out of nowhere a mechanical arm slams into the bags and and thrusts the bags onto a lower track.
article_snippet.sent: The red and black luggage moves along the conveyor after being taken from the plane .
article_snippet.sent: Suddenly the mechanical arm springs into action giving the luggage some brute force .
article_snippet.sent: And with a sharp movement, the red and black case is passed down onto a lower conveyor belt .
article_snippet.sent: The mechanism appears to work on a sensor system, ensuring The mechanism strikes out at the centre of the luggage so as to not spin The mechanism, but what might shock is the force of the action.
article_snippet.sent: When the pusher is activated, a pusher plate operates at 90 degrees to the transport direction and pushes the bag into a destination or onto a connection conveyor.
article_snippet.sent: This suitcase is set for a ride on a different conveyor in a matter of seconds .
article_snippet.sent: The arm extends out to separate the luggage in the hope
article_snippet.sent: The arm arrives with The arm owner .
article_snippet.sent: User Stephanie O wrote: 'This is the real reason why your baggage is destroyed at the airport', while Sarah Cartwright added: 'Vicious airport baggage packer.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Machines are used around the world for sorting luggage onto conveyors .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Video shows swift and powerful mechanical arm separating suitcases .
  