| Staedtler tells you how pencils are made |
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| Friday, 19 September 2008 | |
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I am sure once upon a time, the pencil was your best friend - to draw a picture, to design a Mother's Day card and to learn to write your name for the first time! Ever wonder what are the parts of a pencil? Do you know what are they made of? How is a pencil made?
(image from Staedtler) more facts (pencil image from ClipArt) • There are 5 different pencil shapes: triangular, round, 3, 6 or 12 sided. • There is no “lead” in a pencil, it’s a mixture of graphite and clay, it’s called lead because it looks like lead. • The first reference to pencil making goes back to 1662. • 1.7million pencils are sent from STAEDTLER® Germany daily to the rest of the world. • The average pencil can be sharpened 17 times, write 45,000 words or draw a line 55 kilometers long. • Hundreds of thousands of pencils are manufactured in Sydney daily. • The grooving machine (no 2) has been in operation, in STAEDTLER® Sydney, for 30 years and processes around 50,000 slats per day. It has “grooved” approximately 350 million slats in its lifetime!
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