Plant page: mature fleet at real cycle times
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Rebuild docs/plant-operation.html from the single P1 press into the mature
plant: Newbilt Duplex (two HRP 12 on a VEX 50, EX 35 for splatter), two
Newbilt Classic automatic presses with edge trimmers, label punch and
Granulator 400; Pheenix Alpha PASU, PPPU, two PDPU and PMPB; Sibert VSF,
VSP and VSC in that order; father and mother archive and the stamper rack.

Time runs at 1x real time with speeds up to 3600x. Press cycles are
Newbilt's (Classic 28 s, Duplex ~30 s), plating follows Faraday's law at
the PDPU current, and the operator steps use the galvanics.md table, with
unpublished times marked as estimates. Titles flow through the three artist
gates in days; test pressings unmount and the presses run approved work
meanwhile; worn stampers and represses come from the archived mothers.
Two shifts, unplanned press stops sized to scale.md's 60 to 70 %
effectiveness, and demos for a steam dip, a new PVC lot and a repress.

The boiler and chiller are shown at 800 kg/h and 500 kW (estimates) and
the detail panels flag that scale.md's 400 kg/h and 250 kW are Duplex
figures; scale.md itself is unchanged.

Also commits the galvanics.md cycle-time table the page runs on (one PDPU
covers demand, the second is redundancy) and updates the README and the
test-site descriptions.
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fan-funded campaign that the plant presses and ships to each fan once fan-funded campaign that the plant presses and ships to each fan once
enough have pre-ordered, with refunds if not enough have pre-ordered, with refunds if not
- [Plant operation page](docs/plant-operation.html): a single static page - [Plant operation page](docs/plant-operation.html): a single static page
animating the whole plant as a simulated SCADA overview, from PVC intake animating the mature plant as a simulated SCADA overview at real cycle
and the material lab through extruder, press, trim, optical inspection, times: the Newbilt Duplex and two Classic presses, the Pheenix Alpha
finishing, packaging and fulfillment, with the metal path, utilities and electroforming line and Sibert stamper prep, from PVC intake and the
energy alongside; open it in a browser, every station is clickable; material lab through pressing, inspection, packaging and fulfillment,
on phones and tablets held sideways it pinch-zooms and opens station with the three artist gates, the mother archive, utilities and energy;
details in a side sheet 1× is real time, up to 3600× (a day in 24 s); every station is
clickable and names the source of its figures; on phones and tablets
held sideways it pinch-zooms and opens station details in a side sheet
- [Test site](site/README.md): `site/` builds https://cnxvinyl.lol/, the - [Test site](site/README.md): `site/` builds https://cnxvinyl.lol/, the
internal test site with demo pages from `docs/` (the plant operation internal test site with demo pages from `docs/` (the plant operation
page first) and any static site we want to share by link; Gitea Actions page first) and any static site we want to share by link; Gitea Actions
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no vendor cloud. The maintenance alerts are the bath events the no vendor cloud. The maintenance alerts are the bath events the
galvanics record in [traceability](../traceability.md) needs anyway. galvanics record in [traceability](../traceability.md) needs anyway.
### How many cells (estimate) ### Cycle times and cell count
The cell count is the number that sizes the line, and no vendor has stated Pheenix publishes no cycle times. Published practice from other plating
a cycle time. A rough count from this repo's own figures: rooms agrees with Faraday's law at the PDPU's 200 A ceiling (1.095 g of
nickel per ampere-hour), and these are the times the
[plant operation page](../plant-operation.html) runs on:
| Step | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Silvering (clean, sensitise, spray, rinse) | ~15 min | estimate; no published figure |
| Pre-plate | 15 to 30 min at 10 to 20 A | ~15 min at 35 °C (flight 13 duplication, Freiburg, in Leuze Verlag's Galvanotechnik report "Of fathers, mothers and sons"); ~20 min at ~20 A (Welcome to 1979, Nashville, on a Digital Matrix line, in Finishing and Coating); 30 min at 10 to 20 A (US patent 4,363,705) |
| Father | ~1 h 15 min | ~0.2 mm and ~200 g at 150 A and 11 V (flight 13); 1¼ h with the current raised from 20 to 200 A (US 4,363,705) |
| Mother | ~1 to 1¼ h | 1¼ h at 200 A (US 4,363,705); "as little as one hour" (Wikipedia, Production of phonograph records) |
| Stamper | ~45 min | a 145 g stamper in 45 min (Wikipedia, same article) |
| Separation, passivation, cleaning and drying (PMPB) | ~10 to 15 min | estimate |
| Back-finish (VSF), centre punch (VSP), coin (VSC) | ~5 to 10, 3 to 5 and 1 to 2 min | estimate; Sibert publishes none |
The count, from this repo's own demand figures:
- At full capacity the [revenue model](../finance/revenue-model.md) assumes - At full capacity the [revenue model](../finance/revenue-model.md) assumes
300 to 600 titles a year across 1.0 to 1.5 million records, so 2,500 to 300 to 600 titles a year across 1.0 to 1.5 million records, so 2,500 to
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(at 1,000 to 2,000 pressings per stamper): 8 to 10 electroformed parts per (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 title, **~2,400 to 6,000 parts a year**, 8 to 20 per working day at 300
days, before remakes. days, before remakes.
- A 12" part of ~0.25 mm nickel is roughly 150 to 200 g. At the PDPU's - With ~15 minutes of loading, rinsing and unloading on top of 45 to 75
200 A ceiling (1.095 g of nickel per ampere-hour) that is under an hour of minutes of deposition, a cell turns a part in ~1 to 1.5 hours: 10 to 16
deposition; with the current ramp, loading, rinsing and separation, parts per cell per two-shift day, **20 to 32 per PDPU**.
**~2 to 3 hours per part per cell** (estimate).
- Two shifts give 5 to 8 parts per cell per day, 10 to 16 per PDPU.
So **one PDPU covers the low end and the high end needs two** (or a third So **one PDPU covers full-capacity demand** with headroom for remakes, and
shift). One PASU, one PPPU (pre-plate is for the masters, 2 to 4 a day at a second PDPU buys redundancy rather than capacity, which is how Pheenix
full capacity, and the unit takes four at once) and one PMPB cover the itself sells it ("more capacity as well as enhanced redundancy"). The
rest. Thicker fathers and mothers scale the time up in proportion. Ask first version of this page assumed 2 to 3 hours per part and concluded
Pheenix for the measured cycle per part at the plant's thickness before that the high end needed two. One PASU, one PPPU (pre-plate is for the
this goes into a budget. masters, 2 to 4 a day at full capacity, and the unit takes four at once)
and one PMPB cover the rest. Ask Pheenix for measured cycles at the
plant's thickness before this goes into a budget.
## Stamper prep: the Sibert VS line ## Stamper prep: the Sibert VS line
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the air network has to reach the stamper prep room. the air network has to reach the stamper prep room.
- **Weights 200, 250 and 600 kg**, on castors: pallet-truck moves, not - **Weights 200, 250 and 600 kg**, on castors: pallet-truck moves, not
crane lifts ([crane table](../crane-workshop-tours.md) updated). crane lifts ([crane table](../crane-workshop-tours.md) updated).
- **Order of operations.** The VSC locates on the punched centre hole, so - **Order of operations: finish, punch, coin.** Gotta Groove's
the punch comes before the coiner. The Electromastering Lab in Cleveland, which runs a Sibert VSF and VSP,
[process flow](../process-flow.md) already lists punch, back-finish, back-sands first, then centres and punches on the VSP, then trims and
coin. coins the edge and forms the centre hole for the press type
(recordplating.com). The VSC locates on the punched hole, which fits the
same order. The [process flow](../process-flow.md)'s "punch, back-finish,
coin" names the operations, not their sequence.
- **Centring is manual.** The VSP pre-centres pneumatically, then the - **Centring is manual.** The VSP pre-centres pneumatically, then the
operator centres the lead-out groove under ×100 optics against the operator centres the lead-out groove under ×100 optics against the
graticule. Concentricity depends on the operator, so the stage 5 check graticule. Concentricity depends on the operator, so the stage 5 check
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them: the answer decides whether stamper prep stays a manual check-in them: the answer decides whether stamper prep stays a manual check-in
station in the [digital factory](../digital-factory.md). station in the [digital factory](../digital-factory.md).
- **Mould fit.** The standard punch is Ø25.4 mm, other sizes on request, - **Mould fit.** The standard punch is Ø25.4 mm, other sizes on request,
and the VSC claims tooling for every vinyl mould. Which centre hole and and the VSC claims tooling for every vinyl mould. Gotta Groove keeps nine
centre-hole forming tools to fit the presses its customers run, which
shows the scale of the question. Which centre hole and
edge form each mould needs (Newbilt book mould, Pheenix/Toolex, M-Tech) edge form each mould needs (Newbilt book mould, Pheenix/Toolex, M-Tech)
has to come from the press vendors, and the tooling sets per mould type has to come from the press vendors, and the tooling sets per mould type
are a quote line. Whether the VSC duplicates anything a press vendor are a quote line. Whether the VSC duplicates anything a press vendor
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<li> <li>
<a href="demos/plant-operation/"> <a href="demos/plant-operation/">
<strong>Plant overview (simulated SCADA)</strong> <strong>Plant overview (simulated SCADA)</strong>
<span>The whole plant animated, from PVC intake and the material lab <span>The mature plant animated at real cycle times: Newbilt Duplex
through extruder, press, trim, optical inspection, finishing, and Classic presses, Pheenix Alpha electroforming and Sibert stamper
packaging and fulfillment, with the metal path, utilities and energy prep, from PVC intake and the material lab through pressing,
alongside. Every station is clickable; on a phone, turn it sideways inspection, packaging and fulfillment, with the artist gates,
and pinch to zoom.</span> utilities and energy alongside. Real time up to a day in 24 s;
every station is clickable; on a phone, turn it sideways and pinch
to zoom.</span>
</a> </a>
</li> </li>
</ul> </ul>