ALBANY BILLIARD BALL COMPANY RECORDS, 1869-1973
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Celluloid scrap is sprinkled with solvents to plasticize it preparatory to mixing it with fillers, and is set aside to become uniformly plastic.

The plastic celluloid is mixed with the filler on ordinary mixing rolls. The resulting stock is formed into sheets.  

While in a warm plastic state the product is mixed with filler and formed into pats which when cold, are hard and brittle. They are spread on the table for cooling and hardening before going into the dryer.

Rough balls are knocked out of molds in a hydraulic press.

In the final steps, balls are sanded and polished. The manufacturing process is completed with the buffing on a special buffing wheel.

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