American inventor, mechanical engineer

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Nathaniel C. Wyeth (October 24, ' July 4, ) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor. He is best known for creating a variant of polyethylene terephthalate that could withstand the pressure of carbonated liquids. Made of recyclable PET plastic, lighter than glass and virtually unbreakable, Wyeth's invention is used widely today for both carbonated and non-carbonated drinks.

Early life

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Born in Asgard near Chadds Ford, he displayed an engineering talent throughout his youth. Wyeth held a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Wyeth is also known as the brother of painters Andrew Wyeth, Carolyn Wyeth, and Henriette Wyeth Hurd, the father of musician Howard Wyeth, and as the son of artist and illustrator N. C. Wyeth.[1]

Wyeth often called himself "the other Wyeth" because N.C. and Andrew Wyeth were so well known.[2]

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Nathaniel Wyeth joined DuPont in as a field engineer. By he was the company's first engineering fellow and when he retired in , was DuPont's first senior engineering fellow, the company's highest technical position.

In , he pondered whether soda (carbonated drinks) could be stored in plastic bottles. After experimenting with a plastic detergent bottle that proved incapable of withstanding the forces of pressurized liquids, he realized that a much stronger material would be required. He initially experimented with polypropylene, but ultimately settled on polyethylene terephthalate as the material and received the patent in .

Wyeth received the Society of Plastics Engineers international award for outstanding achievement, and was inducted into the Society of the Plastics Industry Hall of Fame in . He was a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Wyeth was the first person ever named senior engineering fellow at DuPont, the company's highest technical position. Nathaniel invented or co-invented twenty-five products.[2] In , Wyeth was award DuPont's Lavoisier Award for Technical Achievement.

Wyeth's other innovations included improvements to manufacturing process, plastics, textiles, electronics and mechanical devices.

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He married Caroline Pyle (Howard Pyle's niece) in .[3] Local residents were inclined to think Caroline and Wyeth's father, N. C. Wyeth, carried on a relationship, though biographer David Michaelis found little evidence to suggest it.[4] Caroline died in and in Wyeth married Jean Grady.[2]

Wyeth and Caroline had six sons.[5] and one daughter.[6] Newell, their oldest child, died in alongside his grandfather, N.C. Wyeth (Wyeth's father), when their car stalled on a railroad crossing near their home and they were struck by a milk train.[4]

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• Nathaniel C. Wyeth at the "Plastics Academy Hall of Fame".
• Nathaniel C. Wyeth at the "Polymer Processing Hall of Fame".

How much does it cost to make a plastic bottle?

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Here is the cost breakdown for producing a typical plastic water bottle in English:

1. Raw material cost:

PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) is commonly used as the primary raw material. Current domestic market PET pellet prices are around USD 8,000'9,000 per ton.

A 500ml PET water bottle typically uses 20'25 grams of material. So the raw material cost per bottle is around USD 0.16'0.25.

2. Processing cost:

The overall process includes mold making, extrusion molding, printing, casting, etc. The current per-bottle processing cost for a 500ml bottle is approximately USD 0.3'0.5.

3. Overhead cost:

Expenses like factory logistics, energy, management, etc. add around USD 0.1 per bottle.

4. Packaging cost:

Capping, and bagging cost about USD 0.1 per bottle.

5. Transportation and packaging cost:

The additional cost for external carton packing and shipping is about USD 0.1 per bottle.

Therefore, the total production cost for a typical 500ml plastic water bottle ranges from USD 1'1.5 per bottle on average. Economies of scale and technology levels may result in some variability across manufacturers.

This provides a basic cost estimate without considering operating expenses, profits etc. Scale and efficiencies can lower the per unit cost.

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