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I said I would time my acrylic lay up. That was tough. I get to involved and forget to look up!
Anyhow....Seems that 3 minutes is the fastest I go for 3 one color rets. Upper or lower. (thats for 3 appliances, units)
Maximum time before putting something under pressure is right around 6 1/2 minutes, maybe 7. And that is for a Bionator, or Splint. By maximum time, I mean if you go much longer, you may get porosity.
The break down of patterns I'm not sure about. I do 1 pattern appliance and 1 single color in the same lay up, then into the pressure pot.
Units is what I used to use for paying employees. Everything made a value assigned.Time to make and difficulty level used to figure the unit value. All my employees(don't have any now) were started out in training at a wage of 3 dollars over minimum wage. The unit method(piece work) was a goal to reach and allowed for a person to attain their highest level. If you didn't get on to units within 2 months, this wasn't the type of job for you. All successful employees made at least 14 dollars an hour, back in the early 90s.
Problem there is obvious, some start to produce not so nice units. Then you have to bring out the whip.
With that....I look at my day of work. Labial bow 1 unit, adams clasp 1 unit, 2 c clasp 1 unit, Bionator wires and wax up 20 units.
Acrylic....U or L 1 unit. Bionator 3 units. Splint 2 to 5 units.
This allows me to look at my tray of work and quickly figure the time it will take to do the days work.
On average, it takes me 5 minutes for a wire unit. It takes 10 minutes for an acrylic unit.
May the Unit Force be with you.
Mike.
Anyhow....Seems that 3 minutes is the fastest I go for 3 one color rets. Upper or lower. (thats for 3 appliances, units)
Maximum time before putting something under pressure is right around 6 1/2 minutes, maybe 7. And that is for a Bionator, or Splint. By maximum time, I mean if you go much longer, you may get porosity.
The break down of patterns I'm not sure about. I do 1 pattern appliance and 1 single color in the same lay up, then into the pressure pot.
Units is what I used to use for paying employees. Everything made a value assigned.Time to make and difficulty level used to figure the unit value. All my employees(don't have any now) were started out in training at a wage of 3 dollars over minimum wage. The unit method(piece work) was a goal to reach and allowed for a person to attain their highest level. If you didn't get on to units within 2 months, this wasn't the type of job for you. All successful employees made at least 14 dollars an hour, back in the early 90s.
Problem there is obvious, some start to produce not so nice units. Then you have to bring out the whip.
With that....I look at my day of work. Labial bow 1 unit, adams clasp 1 unit, 2 c clasp 1 unit, Bionator wires and wax up 20 units.
Acrylic....U or L 1 unit. Bionator 3 units. Splint 2 to 5 units.
This allows me to look at my tray of work and quickly figure the time it will take to do the days work.
On average, it takes me 5 minutes for a wire unit. It takes 10 minutes for an acrylic unit.
May the Unit Force be with you.
Mike.
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