Hee, hee, hee, let's build some big honkers!
Here is the first manual prototype Mk V, delivered Friday and finished shakedown yesterday. The automated unit is in the background photo of the second picture, and is complete but for wiring and plumbing.
I took a number of field shots during shakedown, but alas it was dim and overcast, in the rain, and they all turned out too dark. More after I try again.
It takes about a minute to flood the two columns and about 30 minutes to get the pressure back to zero, not using pot or column heat.
We packed in 5 lbs of ostensibly spent material from a Brand X run, to do our initial cleaning run, and actually yielded quite a lot, which unfortunately will be tossed, because of the possibility of lubricating and cutting oil contamination.
So far I've built all of the beta test sleds at cost just to build them, and licensed Specialized Formulations to build the Mk IIIA using our manufacturing network.
I set up SkunkWurx and Trilett Industries to fabricate the more commercial Mk V for those interested, and am moving on to the Mk VI, which has a bank of columns and multiple collection pots.
PSI, who has built all of my automation electronics, as well as for others building Mk II Terpenators, is designing and burning a chip for subsequent automated designs, so as to avoid the added cost of a PLC. That will lower automation electronics costs and reduce the cabinet space required.
I'm working on a shoot out between pump choices, for the larger units and will report those results, as they are available.
Here is the first manual prototype Mk V, delivered Friday and finished shakedown yesterday. The automated unit is in the background photo of the second picture, and is complete but for wiring and plumbing.
I took a number of field shots during shakedown, but alas it was dim and overcast, in the rain, and they all turned out too dark. More after I try again.
It takes about a minute to flood the two columns and about 30 minutes to get the pressure back to zero, not using pot or column heat.
We packed in 5 lbs of ostensibly spent material from a Brand X run, to do our initial cleaning run, and actually yielded quite a lot, which unfortunately will be tossed, because of the possibility of lubricating and cutting oil contamination.
So far I've built all of the beta test sleds at cost just to build them, and licensed Specialized Formulations to build the Mk IIIA using our manufacturing network.
I set up SkunkWurx and Trilett Industries to fabricate the more commercial Mk V for those interested, and am moving on to the Mk VI, which has a bank of columns and multiple collection pots.
PSI, who has built all of my automation electronics, as well as for others building Mk II Terpenators, is designing and burning a chip for subsequent automated designs, so as to avoid the added cost of a PLC. That will lower automation electronics costs and reduce the cabinet space required.
I'm working on a shoot out between pump choices, for the larger units and will report those results, as they are available.
