Archive the father as well as the mother; how many represses a mother carries

Decided (October 2026): the plant keeps the father and the mother of every
side. production-timeline.md (repress section) records the decision and the
rule of thumb with sources: about 10 stamper sets per mother before it
degrades (Third Man Pressing FAQ, a Nashville plater via WPLN), fewer in
quality-minded sources (5 VinyLab, 6 to 8 Stereo Review 1962); a father
grows about 5 to 10 mothers. So a mother covers roughly ten represses
(10,000 to 20,000 records a side) and a worn one is replaced from the
archived father without a new cut. galvanics.md: 4 archived parts per
title, ~1,200 to 2,400 a year; new open question to all galvanics
candidates (sets per mother, mothers per father, storage).
artist-platform.md repress paragraph.

Demos: make-a-record and artist-order say father and mother are archived;
factory console archives the father on represses too, counts stamper sets
per mother (shown in the genealogy and the customer's metal card), and the
metal archive counts fathers and mothers.
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@@ -306,6 +306,16 @@ The count, from this repo's own demand figures:
(at 1,000 to 2,000 pressings per stamper): 8 to 10 electroformed parts per
title, **~2,400 to 6,000 parts a year**, 8 to 20 per working day at 300
days, before remakes.
- The father and the mother of every side go into the archive (decided
October 2026): 4 parts per title, **~1,200 to 2,400 parts a year** at 300
to 600 titles. A mother carries about 10 stamper sets and a father about
5 to 10 mothers by the industry rule of thumb (sources and the repress
arithmetic in the
[production timeline](../production-timeline.md#repress-the-shortest-path-in-the-plant)),
so a repress normally grows stampers from the archived mother, and a
worn mother is replaced from the father without a new cut. The room
that holds them is planned in
[facility security](../facility-security.md#protecting-the-irreplaceable).
- With ~15 minutes of loading, rinsing and unloading on top of 45 to 75
minutes of deposition, a cell turns a part in ~1 to 1.5 hours: 10 to 16
parts per cell per two-shift day, **20 to 32 per PDPU**.
@@ -482,6 +492,11 @@ goes ahead.
equipment on offer; installations and service in Asia; stamper service
prices and turnaround; which water-treatment partner his customers use;
and whether OMS builds the electroplating equipment Newbilt announces.
- **All galvanics candidates** (Pheenix, Digital Matrix, OMS): how many
stamper sets a mother gives and how many mothers a father gives with
their process before quality drops, how they check it (mother playback,
metrology), and how they recommend storing archived fathers and mothers
(passivation, sleeves, humidity) for years.
- **Press vendors** (Newbilt, Pheenix, M-Tech): the stamper centre hole and
edge form each mould expects, so the punch size and coiner tooling can be
ordered to match ([pressing line](pressing-line.md)).