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(...) Just a FYI: I weighed a 2x4 plate at 18.6 grains, and a 2x4 brick at 35.4 grains. The brick is about 2x the weight of the plate. However, when calculating "cost" to produce a plate vs. brick, the 16.8 grains of ABS is not even a "blip on the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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R2 <r2eng@primenet.com> wrote in message news:FnsGBG.4xI@lugnet.com... (...) vs. (...) You are half right half wrong. Molds are very very expensive to produce, especially when they should satisfy 0.00X type of dimensional accuracy, but if you are (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) Well, yes, but I am talking price (actually price differential between) of a single brick and plate. If taking into account the cost of ABS in large quantities, 16.8 gr.. difference in weight vs. total ABS used in (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Are the trees actually waste? I'd expect them to be thrown into the raw materials bin again.. Jasper (24 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I would 'guess' they are waste. Most of the time the trees have some type of contamination for human hands, dirt, dust, grime, or maybe even mold release agent. Also, the energy required for remelting of the solid trees would be greater than (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) At LLC, they have a single mold pushing out 2x4 red bricks. Being a complete and utter layman when it comes to the injection molding industry, all I can really say is "it looked neat". :) James (URL) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) But when the raw material enters the factory, as granules, it's not melted either.. and I've seen documentaries where the granules are liberally touched by hand. But you could be right, you knopw more about this than I do, obviously. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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