Wednesday, September 2, 2009

My job with salvia extracts

Hello web-surfer!, now that I'm the manufacturer of the production of salvia divinorum extract I'm gonna tell you a story about an error I had while working.

The equipment to extract Salvinorin-A is a professional grade one, we use lab glassware regularly called "Pyrex", that is more chemical resistant than regular glass, and it's also resistant to rapid temperature changes, or at least that's what I thought.

I'm in charge of 2 extractors made of glass, fairly big, but light enough to handle it with both of my hands. We must clean them every time after we are done with an extraction.

And yes, with so many orders, you have to do it fast to have it ready for the next salvia divinorum extraction. So the equipment is still a little hot when I empty the glass recipient of our extractors. Unfortunately I accidentally hit the recipient against the table hard enough to make a crack in its bottom.

I was astonished that never happened before, because I accidentally used to hit our containers with at least that same strength several times, but this one it cracked.

After thoroughly thinked about what happened, I got the the conclusion that the reason for the fracture was the temperature of the  glass recipient, which it was warm at that time.

From now on I'll let them cool down, doesn't matter if it takes a little more time.