I would have thought that bearings would have been available in a pack suited to manufacture - a tray style (like ICs) for example. I can;t believe the big users of bearings get them either individually boxed or thrown in a box with newspaper padding. But maybe there's a marketing opportunity here! RP On 6 March 2010 01:27, Jon Chandler wrote: > Cost was obviously a large part of the equation but interestingly, they > preferred the bulk packaging of the big box over even the slightly better > packaging in tubes of 10. =A0They explained to me that when you're assemb= ling > thousand of spindles at the time, individual packaging really slows the > process down! > > Jon > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Richard Prosser wro= te: > >> > >> > The manufacturer changed to a well-known brand of bearings, and the ne= ed >> for >> > a spindle-assembly test station disappeared. >> > >> > >> > Jon >> > -- >> >> Which raises the question as to the basis for how the bearings were >> selected in the first place. Cost maybe?? >> >> RP >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist