Mk III Terpenator

[Gray Wolf]

Those of ya'll who have been following our progress with the Mk I and II Terpenators, as well as the Lil Terp passive extractor and Enabler compound fractioning still, will be interested in our new Mk III Terpenator, based on the Lil Terp chassis.

This is just one more configuration possible with the Lil Terp tanks, simply by changing out the modified lids and bolting on readily available parts.

You will note that the collection tank is a simple 6" X 6" sanitary spool, with a standard end plate and clamp for both top and bottom. We laser cut and machined new bottoms for the first Lil Terp series, but that is not necessary starting with a 6" spool. The top plate is the only piece in the whole assembly, that is not standard off the shelf at either Glacier Tank, or at Paramount Supply.

This picture is a mockup of both Lil Terp and Mk III Terpenator parts, but I will post the final assembly with the correct parts, when they arrive back from the machine shop and welder.

The column shown holds about two ounces, but the system will accept longer columns. Cycle time is unknown until we run trials with our prototype, but with the same sized pumps and smaller volumes, we are expecting it to be faster than the Mk I, which processes about half a pound per 30 minute cycle.

 

[purple_man]

very nice

looking forward to the testrun, please keep us updated!

blessss

 

[MIway]

Once I get into a new place where I can run bho... Gonna be giving you a shout! Damn impressive with all ur work man. Peace

 

[Gray Wolf]

Also a mockup of the Mk IV, which is also awaiting parts from the machine shop.

What it demonstrates, is how to get increased surface area from a 6" diameter sanitary spool piece. The two 6" X 12" sanitary spoons on their side, creates 144 square inches of surface area when half full, while the 6" diameter vertically, only provides 28.6 sq inches of area, and a 10" paint pot 78.54 square inches.

Not only does that allow us to use a larger column, but it supports quicker butane recovery using little to no heat, so as to preserve maximum terpenes.

Hee, hee, hee, snicker, snark, snort.......................

 

[Gray Wolf]

Mk III, lid machining detail:

 

[midwestHIGHS]

Very, very impressed. Always above and beyond gw!

 

[prune]

Not only does that allow us to use a larger column, but it supports quicker butane recovery using little to no heat, so as to preserve maximum terpenes.

This seems to be a closed system design, should not all constituents be conserved regardless of temps?

 

[Gray Wolf]

This seems to be a closed system design, should not all constituents be conserved regardless of temps?

Yes, but not necessarily in their same form.

 

[mendo420]

which processes about half a pound per 30 minute cycle.

Hells YES!!!!!

 

[Flying High]

Nothing short of amazing!!! I love the elegance of your designs...

Even owning a working Terpenator mk1, I can't help but build myself a mkIII; not to mention the RotoVape modification...
strong work yet again GW

 

[killa12345]

thanks for all you do grey wolf......was first looking into a tasimsium.......then started to stumble opon yours and foaf terpenators.....

then found your blog and thought about building a mk1 because i dont think a lil terp will be big enough or fast enough to process this latest haul of trip...

all your designs and parts list is making sourcing the parts extremely easy and hopefully ill be in the terpenator club within the next 2 weeks....

might just build a mk3 for smaller tester runs......you the man grey wolf.....

thanks goes out to all you other terpenators out there.....ive been taking points from all your threads...

 

[Gray Wolf]

thanks for all you do grey wolf......was first looking into a tasimsium.......then started to stumble opon yours and foaf terpenators.....

then found your blog and thought about building a mk1 because i dont think a lil terp will be big enough or fast enough to process this latest haul of trip...

all your designs and parts list is making sourcing the parts extremely easy and hopefully ill be in the terpenator club within the next 2 weeks....

might just build a mk3 for smaller tester runs......you the man grey wolf.....

thanks goes out to all you other terpenators out there.....ive been taking points from all your threads...

Thanks for your good thoughts bro! What a fun bunch of brothers and sisters gathered heah, huh?

The Lil Terp was actually oriented to those patients running small volumes, and having more time than money, but the same parts can be used for lots of other things. I'll be making and showing some more of them shortly.

One such use for instance, is a temperature controled vacuum degassing pot and another is a rotovape style thin film evaporator.

My reasoning for the Mk III, was that the Binks stainless pot on the Mk IA makes it an expensive unit and small groups or coops might not need to process a pound an hour.

We often want to process smaller that 235 gram lots, and having a smaller unit that we can run from a 6" to a 24" column on, will come in handy.

Even the Lil Terp will come in handy in processes using fresh frozen materials, because it will easily fit in our freezer and as it doesn't emit butane, there is no explosion danger.

It will also lend itself to vaccum only recovery, so as to preserve the carboxylic acids, and since the latest Lil Terp tank opens from both ends, it couldn't be easier to clean stiff resins from without co-solvents.

The best thing about all the Lil Terp and Mk III & IV configurations, is that there are very few parts to modify, and they mostly just screw together from easily obtained parts.

 

[Mr. Bongjangles]

Awesome stuff as always gw, thanks for sharing. I now refer to you as our Concentrate Christ

 

[Gray Wolf]

Awesome stuff as always gw, thanks for sharing. I now refer to you as our Concentrate Christ

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Thanks for the hysterical hoot Grayfox got out of your picture and caption. I saved the picture for my collection.

Some more applicable ones:

 

[Gray Wolf]

Lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 The parts are back from the machine shop and ready to weld!

 

[Gray Wolf]

Final lid machining detail:

 

[mendo420]

Sweet!!!!!!

 

[Gray Wolf]

The rest of the machined parts:

 

[Gray Wolf]

Hee, hee, hee, the parts are due back from the welder today. Here is a lid assembly drawing for use with the 7" Lil Terp tanks. Shorten the dip tubes one inch for use with the 6" X 6" sanitary spool tanks.

 

[Gray Wolf]

Parts back from the welder and assembly underway. Need to pick up a 3/8" close nipple, a bushing, and a valve from Paramount Monday, to complete.

Note how slick the new tee turned out, with regard to reducing reclaim of unused butane.