Jinx

Sorry, the reels come in general in 50m length.

Tal

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Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [PIC]: Length measurement


> I have many suppliers and of course many kind of materials that
> weight differently. but I know that all of it are 50m reels. so I have
> to stick to the length method

Yes, that's where we're up to, but I think you missed my point

You wrote -

"there is no mechanism to find how much material left so I
 must build it"

I wrote -

> > If your supplier can say that there is at least a certain amount
> > of paper on a new roll, then do they use an odometer system
> > too ?

What I was trying to find out is how your suppliers measure the
paper as they put it on the roll (ie how do they know with any
precision that there's 50m on the roll) and whether you could
use the same measurement system as it comes off

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