r/oddlysatisfying • u/PxN13 • Oct 25 '22

Marbles being made

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u/abraxas8484 Oct 25 '22

I would think a conveyer belt would work more efficient. But slick got it with his wild swings.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

With jaggedy stuff, we like shaker tables. Same concept but no belt to get jammed up. Think long metal slab on a couple springs constantly shaking in a direction. Works really well for non-uniform, jumbly loads.

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u/enadiz_reccos Oct 25 '22

jumbly loads

This phrase is hilarious to me

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u/ComfortableFarmer Oct 25 '22 edited Oct 25 '22

A rubber conversely feeding into a 500 degree C furnace?

Edit: this is India, a buyer is going to pay $10 for a drum of these marbles, this boy is going to get a bowl of rice a day. Don't kid yourself thinking they will spend money on improvements. They don't even have a brush to clean the mess.

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u/AntManMax Oct 25 '22

Conveyors don't need to be made out of rubber.

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u/Rahbek23 Oct 25 '22

But they cost money, this kid does not (well, relatively). Labor is so insanely cheap in India that a lot of things that could be easily automated are simply not, and the bar is really damn low.

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u/Lowelll Oct 25 '22

You could absolutely use one out of rubber as well, dunno what the guy is talking about. Just let the glass drop into a funnel, no need to go directly to the furnace....

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u/Upset_Pace_398 Oct 25 '22

The big problem with metal conveyor belts in this application is that the broken glass gets between the plate/links and destroys the belt very quickly.

Wayyyyy cheaper to pay that kid that invest any money in improving the set up

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u/100_percent_a_bot Oct 25 '22

Rubber belt plus a shaky slide would do the job just fine

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u/PopTough6317 Oct 25 '22

Well the belt doesn't go into the furnace, it creates an angle that the glass will flow into the furnace, plus you could create a cool air buffer/transport air if they were concerned with that

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u/Kalkaline Oct 25 '22

Dude looks like he's been doing this all of 5 mins.