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Hong Kong performed templing, truing, inspection, packaging, and
audit processes with respect to Wings that were similar to those
processes performed with respect to metals. However, Wings
required a different lensing technique because, unlike metals
that had two separate glass lenses, Wings had a lens consisting
of a one-piece plastic shield. In the case of Wings, after
opening the screws and working the eyewire around the lens, the
operator inserted Wings pliers, one side of which was plastic and
the other side of which was rubber, between the nosepad and the
front and exerted pressure until the lens snapped into place.
Due to the design of the Wings lens, B&L Ireland and B&L Hong
Kong experienced more lens gap problems in the nasal area of
Wings than they experienced with most other styles of sunglasses.
In an attempt to minimize the lens gap, B&L Ireland developed and
used an adjusting tool known as the Wings Gap Eliminator.
After completing the truing process with respect to Wings
sunglasses, operators at B&L Ireland and B&L Hong Kong washed
those sunglasses in a hot water bath and a cold water rinse to
remove a protective coating from the lenses that was intended to
prevent scratching.
Sales of Sunglasses Assembled by B&L Ireland and by B&L Hong Kong
B&L Ireland and B&L Hong Kong assembled the following styles
and quantities of sunglasses:
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