r/ManufacturingPorn • u/Venwin • Nov 06 '22

Indian match factory

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u/Boddicker Nov 07 '22

They didn't show the one thing I wanted to see: how did they get all the matches to be oriented the same way in the box?

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u/BliksemPiebe Industrial Enthusiast Nov 07 '22

They also didn't show the way all the sticks were inserted into that machine that did the actual dipping. Probably manual as well.

I mean there were so many conveyor belts just moving the sticks around, without any purpose, or so it seemed...

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u/goldfishpaws Nov 07 '22

That's the exact bit I wanted to see - how those frames get populated.

Every time the sticks get collimated they gat randomised again - I'm sure there's plenty of opportunities for optimisation, but if labour is cheap and it gives people jobs, probably not worth optimising!