The samples are being manufactured now and I will let you know when we can dispatch, hopefully it will be this week. Of course there won’t be the bolts or the extension tubes as these items take much longer. But as stated previously the bolts won’t be needed for a while as they are not cast into concrete and the extension tube will not make a difference to the pull out load of the sockets.
Regarding the prices, we will have to make 2 new tools which will cost us $10,000 each one for the 200mm long sockets and one for the hex drive plug. You will see that my amended increase in price doesn’t go anywhere near covering those costs so we cannot reduce the price further unless you pay me 50% of the tooling cost.
The other problem we have is delivery, if we have to make the new tools it will take 60 days until we can manufacture the parts so we won’t be able to supply the first two deliveries in time. If the client can take the first two deliveries with the 190 long and 2 hole drive we can supply the rest of the contract as requested.
If the client can take the 190 long and 2 hole drive for the first section of tunnel, why can’t they take them for the rest of the tunnel? As I stated there will be no detrimental effect on the pull out load or the sealing capacity by using the 190 long and 2 hole drive.
With regard to the pull out test these are the same that we carry out in the UK and I sent you the information for previously please see attached. If the client requires we can carry out a test in the UK on the batch of sockets we are going to supply.
Please let me know if you would like me to come and meet your customer with you next week or the week after to finalise all this information