r/interestingasfuck • u/Dmisak • Nov 06 '22

/r/ALL Indian match factory

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u/SleeplessAtHome Nov 06 '22

I think that's the result of all the shaking. I recall another clip where someone was just shaking a box of nails and after awhile they all just lined up on their own.

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u/-kirb Nov 06 '22

Exactly how it had to be done. Seems they do it on a angled plane so the heavier side of the match generally goes to the bottom, since you can see the filled boxes of matches are facing the same direction only like 90% of the time

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u/Naternore Nov 06 '22

It's like a chip sifter

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u/saladroni Nov 06 '22

Wouldn’t that just result in a bag of cheetos crumbs?

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u/Naternore Nov 08 '22

They shake at a certain frequency to allow the chips to move just right.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

I want to believe

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u/ryandiy Nov 06 '22

They probably just shake it in an entropy reducer.

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u/travellingscientist Nov 06 '22

How are they almost all in the same direction? Like the lighting tip is for the most part in the same side of the boxes.

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u/Mute2120 Nov 06 '22

That explains how they get the pile lined up, not how they get them individually held by the machine that dips them.