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Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 3 Oct 2000 03:00:56 GMT
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CMASI@CMASI.CHEM.nospamTULANE.EDU
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James Powell wrote:
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> > We may not like it but I imagine from the TLC perspective there is a very good
> > reason for it. I would speculate it has something to do with evening out the
> > quantity of resin (of various colors) consumed from year to year so that there
> > aren't big spikes in storage and spikes in price to TLC for the raw materials.
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> I think it might be more to do with the counting machines, than the
> molding/colour use. It's easier to pick up a mistake of 2 blue/4 black than 6
> black of a piece in the same bag, as well, I know there are physical limits as
> to how many of each piece a machine can pack into a single polybag.
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> James
Most of the error checking was done by weight, and, without any inside
knowledge, I would presume that the baggies and sets are still checked by
weight. The PVC trays were checked by a video camera, which was kinda cool. If
you left out a piece the computer would spit the tray of the line because it
could see that the tray was missing a piece.
Chris
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| (...) I think it might be more to do with the counting machines, than the molding/colour use. It's easier to pick up a mistake of 2 blue/4 black than 6 black of a piece in the same bag, as well, I know there are physical limits as to how many of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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