Got tired of paying high prices on razor blades, using disposables was wasteful, and the exponentially increasing number of blades wouldn't get under my nose.
Switched to an old school Gillette Tech safety. Switched to Barbasol instead of the thicker stuff. Shaves better, cheaper, just as fast. No stupid rituals required. No shaving soap, mug, bristle brush or horseshit required. (I do recommend starting with one of the combo packs of razors to find the one you like).
I even shave my balls with it.
My son has his own tech, and has never tried any of the goofy 'modern' crap.
This was a solved problem nearly 100 years ago. Funny how marketing works.
That makes more sense. Nothing to do with wear. I guess the dimple would be a removable insert. You could have a selection of them and swap when calibrating the line.
I would think that blow mold is happening right before washing and bottling. Tube blanks are probably supplied in Gaylord's coming from the plastic producer. Transporting semis full of empty jugs doesn't make sense.
I'm suprised there is that much variation in volume, I would expect the temps to be more consistent. I guess the compressed air temp is the main variable, mold temps should be pretty consistent. Ambient air temp when the bottle is cooling probably also plays a role, more or less shrink before it "freezes". Not sure if they're made from LDPE or HDPE but those are both really stretchy, so I guess they very well could jump all over on size.
Most of my mold experience is in automotive, which is going to be a tighter process.
I don't think this is correct and would need to see a source before I believe it. I doubt the dimple is adjustable in the way you're describing.
The amount of wear needed to change the volume by a noticable margin would be quite significant. Surface finish of the mold would be degraded enough that they would probably scrap the mold before using an adjustment like this as the mold would have sticking problems.
It might be volumetric compensation, but I doubt it's directly wear related.
The mold is going to be at least two parts that split to get the blown jug out. The jug feedstock probably starts as a molded tube blank with the threads already in it. Would look like a test tube with a milk jug mouth.
Thinking about it, and I suppose you could actually call it wear compensation. Machine the mold with max dimple present. As your parting faces/lines take damage, you reface, and take some off the dimple to compensate for reduced volume. Maybe. That's my best guess if it isn't structual. Usually the rest of the mold has taken enough damage/wear that you're scrapping the entire thing.
I've given up. I don't have it in me anymore to keep trying. Never was able to get anyone back to reality after they went deep into it. Friends and family. It's a terrible damn problem. Basically a big chunk of society needs to be deprogrammed and I haven't seen anything that will do the trick.
Not that I'm in any way disparaging your efforts. Good luck and god speed. Maybe you'll find some sort of magic that will flip the switch. You'd be a motherfucking hero, no irony.
If you don't already work in a trade, you'd likely have a bright future as a skilled blue collar worker. Your vocabulary would allow you to perform the deep magic.
I really like the interpretation of Cain and Abel having it's roots in the transition from Hunter Gatherer to Agraian society. Gobekli Tepe and all that.
Another couple of fun ones are Christmas trees being forbidden in Jeremiah and cannabasam (forget where in the OT). I assume your uname is in reference to that cannabis use. The manna as psychedelic mushrooms is also a cool idea.
Got tired of paying high prices on razor blades, using disposables was wasteful, and the exponentially increasing number of blades wouldn't get under my nose.
Switched to an old school Gillette Tech safety. Switched to Barbasol instead of the thicker stuff. Shaves better, cheaper, just as fast. No stupid rituals required. No shaving soap, mug, bristle brush or horseshit required. (I do recommend starting with one of the combo packs of razors to find the one you like).
I even shave my balls with it.
My son has his own tech, and has never tried any of the goofy 'modern' crap.
This was a solved problem nearly 100 years ago. Funny how marketing works.