Replies to post #241641 on Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

[ruskie1]

Now your catching on trainer ..you think 10-15 people can get that much tonnage from that many millions of cocoons … ole Kim , playin games again with his minions

[arachnodude]

Might want to further your investigations for this one...

KBLB actually is looking to exceed that 40-metric ton figure, according to most-recent filings:

Our long-term goal for Prodigy Textiles is to create a research center for development of our specialized silk, to contract with local farming cooperatives to grow upwards of 2,500 hectares of mulberry (which would allow for production of up to 250 metric tons of our high strength silk per year), and to serve as our principal manufacturing center. As of March 31, 2022 we are on track to achieve this goal.

On track to achieve this goal? 40 metric tons gonna be put in the rear-view mirror? Whoa!

[DimesForShares]

Trainer, it’s a great question. No way to answer with any degree of precision. Some back-of-the envelope computations for 3 metric tons per month.

I’d guess 15 to 20 workers for sericulture aspects (raising and feeding silkworms and harvesting cocoons). Assuming most processing is done off-site, another 5 to 10 workers to handle cocoons. That puts us around 25 to 30 workers.

If reeling is being done on-site, a wild-ass guess is another 20 workers. All of these numbers are based on sufficient technology to automate aspects like shredding mulberry and killing silkworms.

The real question is about testing. Does each silkworm have to be tested individually, or can a batch be tested by, for example, looking for genes in silkworm poop from a tray of silkworms? How long does it take to test a silkworm or a batch? Depending on the answers to these questions, you could get a number between 20 and 500.

Processing 3 metric tons per month would require at least 50 workers in this estimation. It’s not precise, but I suspect it is not off by a factor of 2. Without knowing more about testing protocols, the number needed for testing could be much larger.