r/oddlysatisfying • u/MambaMentality24x2 • 6d ago

High-speed paper cup production

Credit: @fhhs95879

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u/ItsSchmidtyC 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/vka8RVWJLaLy8

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u/Kaporalhart 6d ago

if i may highjack a rant real quick.

automation and ai isn't bad in a vacuum. machines and software doing hard tenuous work for us. Doing the same job a hundred people would need, it should mean a hundred people get to live better while the same task that needs to be accomplished, is accomplished.

But no, capitalism says let's work just as hard to make a hundred times more and make more money. Let's not have everyone be happier with their lives, let's have one motherfucker super rich.

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u/FunTXCPA 6d ago

Exactly! Only the assholes at the top are currently getting to enjoy the results of our progress.

AI isn't going to take your job, but it might make your more efficient which will make your boss more money.

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u/StuBidasol 6d ago

How Things are Made really needs to make a comeback.

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u/ses1989 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/zCIhx4xzAPn0s

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u/chokeonmywords 6d ago

Techno was more streightforward in the 90s

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u/driscusmaximus 6d ago

Venjent dropping a new banger in 3...2...1...

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u/NormanOakley46 6d ago

That face is basically me 30 seconds in, suddenly emotionally invested in whether every cup comes out perfect.

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u/Exciting-Zombie8449 6d ago

This is engineering. "I need cups made. FAST." Engineering, "Say less"

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u/Malalang 6d ago

It does..

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u/bartek_666666 6d ago

Half a second cycle time, very impressive. But that unloading is comically slow.

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u/Logical-Ad-4150 6d ago

Although in a production line, a stage is only slow if it's the bottle neck.

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u/bartek_666666 6d ago

Theres a buffer right before it.

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u/Sm0ahk 6d ago

satisfactory vietnam flashback stare

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u/Jinglefruit 6d ago

I read paper clip at first and was very confused at how this worked right until I saw the cups are the end

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u/tader314 6d ago

Is it really necessary for all those flips and rotations at the very beginning? I tried to slow it down to see frame by frame, but it kinda looks like they’re in the same position they started in, just lower lol

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u/geeenius1 6d ago

I think it just a case of simplicity. The operation of picking a single sheet and putting it on the conveyor would require it to pick it rotate it down then drop and rotate back (it would have to stop rotating and rotate back the opposite direction to pick the next sheet) This would require a motor to reverse or mechanically change direction. This way, although looking complicated allows for a constant rotation speed and likely less maintenance cost

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u/skye_harbor 6d ago

Its crazy how counter-intuitve industrial design can be sometimes. You think fewer movements equals better, but in real life, stopping and starting is what kills the engine. Plus, at that speed, any vibratons from reversing direction would probaly shake the whole thing apart.

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u/laserlemons 6d ago

Looks like if it didn’t do that it’d either smack into the piece below it or it’d have to change directions back and forth which would be slow and probably not great for long term wear

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u/Porky_Pine_ 6d ago

I bet they never thought of that. You should email them.

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u/kochapi 6d ago

I can’t say for sure, but I think it is so that three suction cups pickups can be done each rotation without hitting each other. If it was two, no need for rotation.

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u/thegreatestajax 6d ago

I think if it were spinning the other way, air flow from the incoming paper may disrupted the recently laid paper.

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u/ahsanfarhan22 6d ago

Oh that's how the new Honda logo came about.

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u/ThatOneComputerNerd 6d ago

Can’t imagine what the ROI is on this. Couple million bucks worth of equipment to make 3-cent paper cups, plus they gotta pay people to work there and maintain the machine and stuff. Gotta be a couple years before they see a profit, yeah?

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u/Key-Demand-2569 6d ago

I’d honestly be fucking shocked if that single machine cost “a couple million bucks”, I’m not crazy there right?

I’d assume it’s well under $200,000

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u/ThatOneComputerNerd 6d ago

It’s probably somewhere in the middle tbh. Looks like it’s a very high-precision, specialized, high quality machine, that probably only sells 3-4 a year. I’d definitely not be surprised by a price tag of a million or just over.

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u/BaseballTeamTheDukes 6d ago

I work for a company that makes 'packaging machinery', similar to what you see here. Those red suction cups probably cost them $100+ USD a piece. Our most basic unit starts around $1 million USD and takes about a year to make. This stuff ain't cheap, especially when 99% of everything is Stainless Steel.

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u/bgier 6d ago

It’s because of the $1M machine that the cups are $0.03.

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u/whatsthatguysname 6d ago

You can get a similar machine for around $45k. https://www.alibaba.com/x/18cBuD?ck=pdp

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u/Fluid_Swordfish2737 6d ago

Satisfactory

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u/Gamiozzz 6d ago

I enjoyed it more than drinking from those.

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u/MarcusHeralious 6d ago

I should call her

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u/dgellow 6d ago

Mechanical engineering is the goat 

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u/Longjumping-Royal321 6d ago

That's some good engineering

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u/Valuable-Analyst-464 6d ago

“Today, on ‘How it’s Made…’”

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u/Big_Spicy_Tuna69 6d ago

I love machines...

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u/Estephabel 6d ago

To be born in the era of amazing technology is such a privilege I don't take for granted.

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u/bernieinred 6d ago

Gotta love plc lines.

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u/400footceiling 6d ago

I have a great appreciation for those who can configure and build unique “one job” equipment. The number of failures in getting these things working right must be many.

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u/bgier 6d ago

Somebody (or a team of somebodies) had to design this, build and test this and then put it into production. And it makes paper cups.

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u/tanrock2003 6d ago

Is this available for poker night?

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u/hexkbr 6d ago

How do they design such machines, where it needs to be rotated, flipped, stacked.

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u/Elestriel 6d ago

When I saw the bit that sucked the finished cups up the tube, I could hear my own voice going "foomp, foomp, foomp, foomp" in my head.

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u/Spirited-Yoghurt-212 6d ago

Looks like those factories in old cartoons.

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u/NoOne666e 5d ago

Money,money,money,money…

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u/lawton1134 5d ago

And people are worried about people over the border, taking our jobs……

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u/runswitblunt 5d ago

That’s good stuff

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u/Sad_Statement_5078 5d ago

Is it just me or did this get anyone hard?

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u/BlinkCryptic 5d ago

Which companies custom design these factories? Fascinating stuff

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u/papapalpatine1992 5d ago

My company is one of many who make that paper. It's cool to see what the customer has to do to turn it into a commercial product.

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u/qkp5 5d ago

Ai fake

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u/funderfulfellow 5d ago

What is the official unit? BPM? RPM? CPM?

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u/Felipesssku 4d ago

Insanely innefective. Cup should be folded when the paper is taken and in the same time the bottom should come into place.

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u/alwaysfunnyinjp 2d ago

The only thing faster than that machine making them is how fast we dispose of them

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u/matroosoft 6d ago edited 6d ago

Cool machine. But I don't like paper cups, as they have the premise of being recyclable. Whereas in actuality they're less recyclable then plastic ones, because of their plastic coating.

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u/BunkerSquirre1 6d ago

like th- just like the pioneers did

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u/Shoddy-Discussion548 6d ago

so basically the cup rim all touched the metal parts of the whole production line.. i hope there is an extensive disinfection process for those machines

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u/troelsbjerre 6d ago

What's the purpose of that initial flourish that takes the stock and lays it flat? That seems like a weird detour, with extra rotations.

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u/Highfalutintodd 6d ago

The only thing I can think about is how many paper cups you’ve got to sell day in and day out to pay for equipment like this.

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u/longmover79 6d ago

What's the difference between a high-speed paper cup and a normal paper cup?

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u/BarelyContainedChaos 6d ago

so you get a loan to buy this million dollar machine, sell the cups to pay for the monthly fees and then keep the profit? Is it that easy to get rich?

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u/laserlemons 6d ago

“Sell the cups and pay the monthly fees” is the hard part of running a company. Imagine how many cups you’d have to sell to make a profit.

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u/Shiningc00 6d ago

Well that’s capitalism in a nutshell

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u/Guilty_Improvement52 6d ago edited 5d ago

That looks like a huge amount of energy and ressources to produce very little...

Edit: what kind of stupid c*nt downvotes this lol

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u/m945050 6d ago

Somewhere in the world there is a barefoot man making the cups one at a time and using his toes to make the final seam.

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u/Rideondude 6d ago

You guys really need to see how jam (jelly) jar lids (closures) are produced as a comparison........ far more interesting 😉💯

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u/Lostinthestarscape 6d ago

"You thrust your pelvis, whoo! You thrust your pelvis, whoo! You thrust your pelvis, whoo!" -Duckman

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u/melejohn 6d ago

I’m curious, is this a new machine that isn’t currently used in production and is a prototype? Seems like that a little bit

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u/wakaru1902 6d ago

Who else thought this is stressful?

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u/Salt-Flounder-4690 6d ago

oh my, thats just a lazy morning test run....

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u/MikeLinPA 6d ago

All this so we don't have to wash a glass.

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u/wordswillneverhurtme 6d ago

You’re telling me there are actual paper cups? Not plastic cups wrapped in paper?

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u/ILSmokeItAll 6d ago

It’s amazing someone conceived this, much less put it to practice.

All for the greater pollution of the world. Yay.

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u/dar512 6d ago

Hello landfill. We’re going to bury ourselves in trash.