Fwd: Guinness World Records

[Joshua Wilcox]

Just thought I would pass this off to everyone so we have a context of what the process or a world record will look like. Ill read it later today when I have time. 

Jmw

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From: "Guinness World Records" <r...@guinnessworldrecords.com>
Date: October 21, 2013, 8:58:28 AM EDT
To: joshua....@gmail.com
Subject: Guinness World Records

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Claim ID: 441819
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Dear Mr Joshua Wilcox,

Thank you for your enquiry regarding your intention to attempt the record for ‘Worlds Largest Cotton Candy Machine'.

Your proposal is very similar to an existing record that we monitor and so the category that Guinness World Records currently recognizes is: ’Longest candyfloss (cotton candy)’.

The current record (current as at the date of this letter) is:
The longest candyfloss (cotton candy) measures 1,400 m (4,593 ft 2 in) and was achieved by Kocaeli Fuar Müdürlügü in Izmit, Kocaeli, Turkey, on 10 July 2009.


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Guinness World Records is pleased to provide you with the specific Record Guidelines for Longest candyfloss (cotton candy).
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[Joshua Wilcox]

So I have read through this documentation. I think I am going to contact Guinness sometime tomorrow. Probably around my lunch slot and see what it takes to open up a new category for competition. I am unsure of what large scale processes exist for creating cotton candy. I would assume that a cotton candy factory would have some form of bulk continuous process which would probably be larger then any reactor we would build. 

For theoretical purpose of  attempting the record referenced in this email I included this nifty table of building heights in Louisville metro to provide a basis of comparison. 

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