Centaurus Diamond Tech. Inc. (fka CTDT)

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Apparently it is because they turn the meter on everytime they run a process. They don't own the machine and are not co-located. Snaper has to make the vessels and go out to Rhode Island. They then pay TABCO for the time on the machine. It is a very ineffecient process. The only reason they didit this way is because the machine already existed so it was more cost effective for early development. If the machine were in Mr. Snapers lab they could run it and make adjustments without any logistical cost and rental cost. It takes about 10 -15 minutes to pack the vessel, load it and run the process. When you are experimenting and have to manufacturer the vessels in Vegas and run the test it RI then logistics slow the process down and the costs go up. Also bear in mind that with the original experiments they had no idea how to size the vessels or what material would work best. So they would run a test and then have to go back to the Vegas lab to manufacture new vessels. Different sizes and material compositions. Back to RI to test and repeat.