Material: Generally the material used to manufacture Pencil Lead is Graphite with clay is still used, and wax or other chemicals, mixture of natural graphite and chemicals.
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Basic Manufacturing Method: Extrusion, Billet press.
Production Route: Raw material-Extrusion of graphite-Billet press-Machining-Finishing.
Manufacturing Process:
The manufacturing process of Pencil Lead is very simple to understand.
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Pencil Lead manufacturing for main machine to use:
- Extrusion machine
- Finishing machine
- Cutter machine
This type Lead to make some properties to have required for the material they have bellowed it:
- smooth writing
Approx time for manufacturing this Pencil Lead is 5sec per piece.
Approx. Cost of the Product: 1 Rs per piece.
Main Application: Duplicate a pattern, Drawing, writing.