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We
manufacture our hollow roll-on balls by sealing two injection
molded halves,
then grinding and finishing them. The competition blow molds
their hollow balls.
We
believe that sealed two-piece balls offer certain important
advantages over blow molded balls as listed in the table below.
| |
Orange
Products Inc. |
Competition |
| Construction |
Two-piece
welded |
Blow
molded |
|
Wall
Thickness
|
Uniform.
Variation < 10% |
Non-uniform.
Variation > 25% |
| Ball
Weight |
1.
Uniform.
Variation < 10%
2.
Lower because of uniform wall
|
Non-uniform.
Variation > 25%
Higher
to compensate for thin spots in the wall
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| Material
Cost |
Lower
because of lower weight |
Higher
because of higher
weight |
| Surface
Finish |
|
Limited
One Step Grinding |
Specifications
|
|
| Roll-on
Balls |
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SIZE
|
FDA
APPROVED MATERIAL
|
TOLERANCE
|
SURFACE
FINISH
|
| .275"
- .404" SOLID |
PP,
PE
|
GR.1,
GR. 2
|
FROSTED,
SMOOTH OR ROUGH
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| .725"
- .735" SOLID |
PP,
PE
|
GR.
2
|
FROSTED,
SMOOTH OR ROUGH
|
| .750"
SOLID |
PP,
PE
|
GR.
2
|
FROSTED,
SMOOTH OR ROUGH
|
| .865"
(22 mm) - .875" SOLID |
PP,
PE
|
GR.
2
|
FROSTED,
SMOOTH OR ROUGH
|
| .925"
- 1.005" HOLLOW |
PP,
PE
|
GR.
2
|
FROSTED,
SMOOTH OR ROUGH
|
| .998"
- 1.010" SOLID |
PP,
PE
|
GR.
2
|
FROSTED,
SMOOTH OR ROUGH
|
| 1.120"
- 1.140" HOLLOW/SOLID |
PP,
PE
|
GR.
2
|
FROSTED,
SMOOTH OR ROUGH
|
| 1.395"
- 1.405" HOLLOW |
PP,
PE
|
GR.
2
|
FROSTED,
SMOOTH OR ROUGH
|
| 1.475"
- 1.485" HOLLOW |
PP,
PE
|
GR.
2
|
FROSTED,
SMOOTH OR ROUGH
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| Fitments
|
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SIZE
|
FDA
APPROVED MATERIAL
|
COMMENTS
|
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1.000"
|
LDPE,
LLDPE
|
Available
From Inventory
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1.125"
|
LDPE
|
UNDER
DEVELOPMENT
|
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1.400"
|
LDPE
|
UNDER
DEVELOPMENT
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