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Melbourne Showroom Opens
On the 29th of September 2005 Apecs officially
opened a showroom in the most convenient of locations on the 3rd
floor of the Manchester Unity Building, 220 Collins Street
Melbourne. This was indeed cause for celebration by us and our
customers who had heard that this was happening.
The showroom has examples of all the alloys that
we cast, master alloys for 18, 14 and 9 carat yellow gold are
available as is Bright Silver 925 plate and wire. Finished product
includes tennis bracelets, lockets, pearl clasps, bangles and some
large stone rings. A finished selection of shanks is also available.
Our very popular abacus of our catalogue designs is available for
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Moulds
We have recently received enquiries
regarding moulds sent to Apecs for new orders and how they would be processed. The
following information is given to address these queries.
We will certainly accept existing moulds you may own and
produce castings from them subject to the following: |
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As
we do not have control of the total process, (i.e. using moulds not of our making) we
cannot give the same assurance of quality as we otherwise would.
Most moulds supplied to us in this way present no
problems but, sight unseen, we cannot determine the production suitability.
An increased labour charge will only apply if the mould
in question requires extra work to achieve good waxes. In such instances we have found
that the best solution is for a remould by Apecs, treated as a new mould for costing
purposes.
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$18.00 plus GST. For ownership of the mould (produced by Apecs) to transfer to you, an
additional fee of $15.00 is payable. Thus the total mould ownership cost is $33.00 plus
GST.
With all moulds accepted we reserve the
right to determine their suitability for production use and reject them (returning them to
you unless you request otherwise) if we deem them unsuitable by our standards.
You will retain full ownership
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| B) any moulds made as contract purchase moulds by
Apecs from master patterns supplied by you. |
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Where moulds are supplied and intended to remain with
Apecs for ongoing production use we prefer to incorporate them into our standard number
coding, with your agreement. Moulds can be stored at Apecs in this way, but our reserves
of storage are intended for moulds on which there will be production activity. Inactive
moulds, with no activity, over say an 18-month period, would be returned to you at postage
cost.
If there are any questions on your moulds which you would
like answered, please contact us. |
Apecs Plate and Wire
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| Match, add, build-on …to your casting order. Apecs
plate and wire is available in our gold alloys and Bright Silver 925. Ask our Orders
Department for details. Colour match to alloys you are working with. Add value to your
order by including wire, plate, solder as extra line items to make casting fees more
economical. |
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