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Primary sector

ABS plastic

Thermoplastics

Thermoplastics are made by thousnds of plastic manufacterrs in the southern part of North America in Ohio and California.

Nylon plastic

Deprived from Crude oil, petroleum, and shade.

Taken from crude oil

Crude oil is extracted from the earth by drilling wells into an underground reservoir

Crude oil is found by from geologists where they found out that crude oil is mainly found in Alberta's oil sands, and there are also large deposits off the coast of Atlantic Canada. Alberta's oil sands, and there are also large deposits off the coast of Atlantic Canada.

Nylon plastic is made in Western Canada.

  1. Polymer resins, colorants, and additives, are blended.

Extraction process

Dissilitation

Deasphalting

Solvent Extraction

Oil refinery

The action of purifying a liquid through a process of heating and cooling.

A process in which the asphalt of crude oil is removed or reduced.

A method to separate compounds based on their relative solubilities in two different immiscible liquids, usually water and an organic solvent

An oil refinery is an industrial plant that transforms, or refines crude oil into various usable petroleum products such as diesel, gasoline and Nylon plastics

  1. Then these raw materails are heated.
  1. Then pressed through an extrusion die.
  1. Then, drawn into a sheet through a set of rollers.
  1. Then thermoplastics are formed and shipped to Hungary for further processing.
  1. Finally, ABS plastic is formed by the polymerization of thermoplastics.

Secondary Sector

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1. Molding Rubiks cube parts.

  1. ABS plastic pellets are put into a injection molding machine
  1. Then they are melted when they are passed through a hydraulically controlled screw.
  1. After the melted plastic is injected into the mold the two halves of the mold are brought together to create a cavity that has the identical shape of the Rubik's cube part.

This could be an edge, a corner, or the center piece.

  1. Inside the mold, the plastic is held under pressure for a specific amount of time and then allowed to cool. While cooling, the plastic hardens inside the mold.
  1. After enough time passes, the mold halves are opened and the cube pieces are ejected. The mold then closes again and the process begins again!

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2. Part assembally

  1. In this phase all the individual cube peices are put together.
  1. Starting with the nylon core, each ABS center cube is riveted to the core with a spring spacer.
  1. The rivet is carefully controlled with a depth stop to ensure the spring is compressed just the right amount.
  1. a) Each center cube has a plastic cover that is glued on to hide the rivet.
  1. The ABS edges and corner pieces are individually stacked around the core.
  1. The cube is built from the bottom up and the last piece to be assembled is the final center cube.
  1. Then riveted into the core with a spring spacer and the final cap is glued on.

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3. Labeiling

  1. The labels are made from sheet polypropylene material that is printed with the colors.

  1. The printed sheet PP is then laminated with a clear PP protective covering.

  1. The material is then die cut with the labels wound onto rolls.
  1. The labels are made with all nine squares of each face exactly aligned.
  1. a) This way the labels can be perfectly aligned when they are applied to the cube.

4. Packaging

  1. The Rubiks cubes will be shipped in a small box that has an instruction booklet included or a plastic blister pack with a cardboard backing.
  1. The package serves the dual purpose of protecting the Rubik's cube from damage caused by shipping and advertising the product.
  1. The Rubik's cube packages are put into cases and moved to a pallet.
  1. The pallets are then loaded on trucks and the products are shipped all over the world.

Terterairy Sector

Shipping to stores

  1. If the desired destination is too far it will be shipped by plane.
  1. If the desired location is close to a local Rubiks cube company, the Rubiks cubes will be shipped by cargo trucks.

Where Rubiks cubes are sold.

  1. Sold by personal buiessnesses
  1. Sold online(amazon)
  1. Sold in toy stores ( toysurus)
  1. Sold in superstores

Advertizing

  1. Signs and posters
  1. Online stores.
  1. Emails sent to potential customers.
  1. Commercials produced by global brands

Honda

Mcdonalds

  1. Promote on social media.

Quanternary sector

Customer feedback

  1. Rubik's cube manufacturers receive feedback from people all over the world on how they can improve their product
  1. They improve their product (Rubiks cube) each year, and change it depending on what custormers potentially want.