I know little about how PCTL is operating, but I believe they're smart people, the smaller units that operate in hospitals etc don't need to be monitored when making, or spraying fluid. I would suspect that much the same can be said of the large volume units.
I can't say how many are involved, but I suspect that once the units are loaded up with salt, have water available, and have a vessel to contain all they'll be producing, people can walk away, and go about the business of making other new devices, until the volume to be made is complete. In short, with the demand today for the fluid, I suspect they're operating 24/7 but I don't believe it requires that many people to keep this going.
More time may be spent if it's to be shipped out in smaller containers, but even that may largely be automated, I don't know. If it isn't, as demand increases, as profits do, it can be. If a tanker truck is being filled, I don't know if they don't go directly to it, I believe they could be.
Assembling new devices is probably where the greatest manpower is needed, but I suspect the people doing that can also keep the high volume units operating, so it's really quite an efficient operation. If that's not currently the case, it's certainly where it should be in time.
We do need to remember that when we value the fluid, we're for the most part providing it to a distributor, like ACE, we only get a fraction of the price that's paid to ACE by the retail customer. It's still a lot of money, but don't overestimate the value to the company of every gallon that comes out of the plant. I suspect the cost of making each gallon is a tiny bit of the price we're selling it for.
Gary
