Marshall:

CEB Press

2012-09-28T21:08:55Z

Marshall: /* Update - Prototype IV - September 2012 */

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=Update - Prototype IV - September 2012=
*CEB Press Prototype IV - Complete CAD in Solidworks - [[File:CEBIV-new.zip]] STEP AP203 - [[File:CEBIV.step]], STEP AP214 - [[File:CEBIV2.step]], STL - [[File:CEBIV.stl]], x_t - [[File:CEBIV.x_t]], x_b [[File:CEBIV.x_b]], 3DXML [[File:CEBIV.3dxml]]
*Complete Fabrication Drawings - [[File:CEBIVFab.pdf]]
*Complete Fabrication Drawing Files - [[File:CEBIVFABFILE.zip]]
*Fabrication Diagram - [[File:CEBIVDiagram.png.zip]]
*Fabrication Diagram Index - [[File:CEBIVIndex.ods]]

And Collaborative Production Run - September 24-26, 2012.

See also [[CEB_4_design_planning]] - june 2012

[[Image:Collaboduction.jpg]]

More images [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151423280111562.583178.66469461561&type=3 on Facebook].

[[File:Machine.jpg|right|400px|thumb|CEB Press (aka "The Liberator")]]

=Overview=
[[File:Liberator_bricks.JPG|right|400px|thumb|Bricks pressed on [[The Liberator]]]]
The '''"Liberator" Compressed Earth Block Press''' is a machine that makes compressed earth blocks ('''CEB'''s).

The [[CEB Press]] takes earth/dirt/soil and compresses it tightly to make solid blocks useful for building. Compressed earth blocks have many advantages as a building material: by making the building materials from the readily available dirt on the building site, they eliminate the need to transport bricks from elsewhere, reducing financial cost and environmental impact. Compressed earth blocks are very strong and insulate well against both heat and sound, making for very energy-efficient building (especially combined with the energy savings from not needing to transport them from offsite). Best of all, the material they use is already on-site and does not need to be purchased -- quite literally, dirt-cheap! See the wiki page on [[Compressed Earth Blocks]] and the [[:Category:CEB|CEB category]] for more details on building using CEBs.

The Liberator has been fully designed and tested by the [[Open Source Ecology]] team. Because the Liberator is an open source technology, you can freely download instructions to build your own from materials you can obtain yourself, or contact ''opensourceecology[at]gmail[dot]com'' to buy a kit or a finished machine.

Building a machine yourself might seem intimidating, but every step of the process is fully documented and the OSE community is available on our [http://openfarmtech.org/forum/ discussion forums] if you need help, advice, or a little hand-holding.

Using the CEB Press, two people can build a 6 foot high (1.83m) round wall, 20 feet (6.1m) in diameter, 1 foot (30cm) thick, in one 8 hour day, though construction time will vary somewhat depending on preparation time, what equipment is available (tractor to prepare the ground and move the blocks where they need to go), the quality of the soil, and other factors. The bigger the block size, the faster a wall can be erected, but at the cost of heavier blocks that are more of a strain to work with. Blocks from ''The Liberator'' average 25 pounds (11.3kg).

See [[CEB Design]] for more information.

==Updates==
* [[Metric CEB Press]]
* [[CEB Press/Videos]]
* [[CEB Press/Field Testing 2011|Field Testing 2011]]

{{Video}}

==Product Ecology==

[[Image:4b-Constructioneco.png|thumb|600px|center|Construction [[Product Ecology]]]]

{{Product Ecology
|Product={{CEB}}
|From=
*{{Furnace}}
*{{Welder}}
*{{Torch Table}}
*{{Ironworker}}

|Uses=
*{{PowerCube}}
*{{Tractor}}
*[[Earth]]

|Creates=
*[[CEB Bricks]]

|Enables=
*[[Workshop]]
*[[Greenhouse]]
*[[HabLab]]

|Components=
*Hopper
*Grate
*Hopper shaker
*Frame
*Compression chamber
*Hydraulic Cylinders
*Solenoid controller
*Soil Drawer
*[[Controller Box]]
}}

==Status==
[[Image:creationreplication.jpg|thumb|James Slades' first independent replication of the CEB Press in process as of Sep. 2, 2011. Welding the soil loading drawer.]]
*Currently the CEB is at product release status and is being actively manufactured at Factor e Farm and in Texas. The presses will be used heavily as a part of the [[Factor e Farm Infrastructure Buildout 2011]].
*The CEB documentation is being actively upgraded to meet [[Fabrication_Procedure_Standards]] with the goal of serving as a reference implementation for [[GVCS]] documentation.
*Eventually the [[CNC Torch Table|torch table]] will be used to automate the fabrication of the CEB machine, reducing fabrication time by an estimated 20 hours and, thus, the cost to build the machine.
*The first independent replication is in process as of Sep. 2, 2011, by [[James Slade]] and Jason Smith in Texas.
* [[CEB 4 design planning]]

==See Also==
*[[CEB Design]]
*[[Compressed Earth Blocks]]
*[[Cinva Ram]]
*[[CEB_FAQ]]

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CEB Press

2012-09-28T21:07:23Z

Marshall: /* Update - Prototype IV - September 2012 */

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{{GVCS Header}}

=Update - Prototype IV - September 2012=
*CEB Press Prototype IV - Complete CAD in Solidworks - [[File:CEBIV-new.zip]] STEP AP203 - [[File:CEBIV.step]], STEP AP214 - [[File:CEBIV2.step]], STL - [[File:CEBIV.stl]], x_t - [[File:CEBIV.x_t]], x_b [[File:CEBIV.x_b]]
*Complete Fabrication Drawings - [[File:CEBIVFab.pdf]]
*Complete Fabrication Drawing Files - [[File:CEBIVFABFILE.zip]]
*Fabrication Diagram - [[File:CEBIVDiagram.png.zip]]
*Fabrication Diagram Index - [[File:CEBIVIndex.ods]]

And Collaborative Production Run - September 24-26, 2012.

See also [[CEB_4_design_planning]] - june 2012

[[Image:Collaboduction.jpg]]

More images [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151423280111562.583178.66469461561&type=3 on Facebook].

[[File:Machine.jpg|right|400px|thumb|CEB Press (aka "The Liberator")]]

=Overview=
[[File:Liberator_bricks.JPG|right|400px|thumb|Bricks pressed on [[The Liberator]]]]
The '''"Liberator" Compressed Earth Block Press''' is a machine that makes compressed earth blocks ('''CEB'''s).

The [[CEB Press]] takes earth/dirt/soil and compresses it tightly to make solid blocks useful for building. Compressed earth blocks have many advantages as a building material: by making the building materials from the readily available dirt on the building site, they eliminate the need to transport bricks from elsewhere, reducing financial cost and environmental impact. Compressed earth blocks are very strong and insulate well against both heat and sound, making for very energy-efficient building (especially combined with the energy savings from not needing to transport them from offsite). Best of all, the material they use is already on-site and does not need to be purchased -- quite literally, dirt-cheap! See the wiki page on [[Compressed Earth Blocks]] and the [[:Category:CEB|CEB category]] for more details on building using CEBs.

The Liberator has been fully designed and tested by the [[Open Source Ecology]] team. Because the Liberator is an open source technology, you can freely download instructions to build your own from materials you can obtain yourself, or contact ''opensourceecology[at]gmail[dot]com'' to buy a kit or a finished machine.

Building a machine yourself might seem intimidating, but every step of the process is fully documented and the OSE community is available on our [http://openfarmtech.org/forum/ discussion forums] if you need help, advice, or a little hand-holding.

Using the CEB Press, two people can build a 6 foot high (1.83m) round wall, 20 feet (6.1m) in diameter, 1 foot (30cm) thick, in one 8 hour day, though construction time will vary somewhat depending on preparation time, what equipment is available (tractor to prepare the ground and move the blocks where they need to go), the quality of the soil, and other factors. The bigger the block size, the faster a wall can be erected, but at the cost of heavier blocks that are more of a strain to work with. Blocks from ''The Liberator'' average 25 pounds (11.3kg).

See [[CEB Design]] for more information.

==Updates==
* [[Metric CEB Press]]
* [[CEB Press/Videos]]
* [[CEB Press/Field Testing 2011|Field Testing 2011]]

{{Video}}

==Product Ecology==

[[Image:4b-Constructioneco.png|thumb|600px|center|Construction [[Product Ecology]]]]

{{Product Ecology
|Product={{CEB}}
|From=
*{{Furnace}}
*{{Welder}}
*{{Torch Table}}
*{{Ironworker}}

|Uses=
*{{PowerCube}}
*{{Tractor}}
*[[Earth]]

|Creates=
*[[CEB Bricks]]

|Enables=
*[[Workshop]]
*[[Greenhouse]]
*[[HabLab]]

|Components=
*Hopper
*Grate
*Hopper shaker
*Frame
*Compression chamber
*Hydraulic Cylinders
*Solenoid controller
*Soil Drawer
*[[Controller Box]]
}}

==Status==
[[Image:creationreplication.jpg|thumb|James Slades' first independent replication of the CEB Press in process as of Sep. 2, 2011. Welding the soil loading drawer.]]
*Currently the CEB is at product release status and is being actively manufactured at Factor e Farm and in Texas. The presses will be used heavily as a part of the [[Factor e Farm Infrastructure Buildout 2011]].
*The CEB documentation is being actively upgraded to meet [[Fabrication_Procedure_Standards]] with the goal of serving as a reference implementation for [[GVCS]] documentation.
*Eventually the [[CNC Torch Table|torch table]] will be used to automate the fabrication of the CEB machine, reducing fabrication time by an estimated 20 hours and, thus, the cost to build the machine.
*The first independent replication is in process as of Sep. 2, 2011, by [[James Slade]] and Jason Smith in Texas.
* [[CEB 4 design planning]]

==See Also==
*[[CEB Design]]
*[[Compressed Earth Blocks]]
*[[Cinva Ram]]
*[[CEB_FAQ]]

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File:CEBIV.x t

2012-09-28T21:06:40Z

Marshall:

File:CEBIV2.step

2012-09-28T21:05:05Z

Marshall:

File:CEBIV-new.zip

2012-09-28T20:59:13Z

Marshall:

CEB Press

2012-09-28T20:46:51Z

Marshall:

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{{GVCS Header}}

=Update - Prototype IV - September 2012=
*CEB Press Prototype IV - Complete CAD in Solidworks - [[File:CEBIV-new.zip]] STEP AP203 - [[File:CEBIV.step]], STEP AP214 - [[File:CEBIV2.step]], STL - [[File:CEBIV.stl]], x_t - [[File:CEBIV.x_t]], x_b
*Complete Fabrication Drawings - [[File:CEBIVFab.pdf]]
*Complete Fabrication Drawing Files - [[File:CEBIVFABFILE.zip]]
*Fabrication Diagram - [[File:CEBIVDiagram.png.zip]]
*Fabrication Diagram Index - [[File:CEBIVIndex.ods]]

And Collaborative Production Run - September 24-26, 2012.

See also [[CEB_4_design_planning]] - june 2012

[[Image:Collaboduction.jpg]]

More images [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151423280111562.583178.66469461561&type=3 on Facebook].

[[File:Machine.jpg|right|400px|thumb|CEB Press (aka "The Liberator")]]

=Overview=
[[File:Liberator_bricks.JPG|right|400px|thumb|Bricks pressed on [[The Liberator]]]]
The '''"Liberator" Compressed Earth Block Press''' is a machine that makes compressed earth blocks ('''CEB'''s).

The [[CEB Press]] takes earth/dirt/soil and compresses it tightly to make solid blocks useful for building. Compressed earth blocks have many advantages as a building material: by making the building materials from the readily available dirt on the building site, they eliminate the need to transport bricks from elsewhere, reducing financial cost and environmental impact. Compressed earth blocks are very strong and insulate well against both heat and sound, making for very energy-efficient building (especially combined with the energy savings from not needing to transport them from offsite). Best of all, the material they use is already on-site and does not need to be purchased -- quite literally, dirt-cheap! See the wiki page on [[Compressed Earth Blocks]] and the [[:Category:CEB|CEB category]] for more details on building using CEBs.

The Liberator has been fully designed and tested by the [[Open Source Ecology]] team. Because the Liberator is an open source technology, you can freely download instructions to build your own from materials you can obtain yourself, or contact ''opensourceecology[at]gmail[dot]com'' to buy a kit or a finished machine.

Building a machine yourself might seem intimidating, but every step of the process is fully documented and the OSE community is available on our [http://openfarmtech.org/forum/ discussion forums] if you need help, advice, or a little hand-holding.

Using the CEB Press, two people can build a 6 foot high (1.83m) round wall, 20 feet (6.1m) in diameter, 1 foot (30cm) thick, in one 8 hour day, though construction time will vary somewhat depending on preparation time, what equipment is available (tractor to prepare the ground and move the blocks where they need to go), the quality of the soil, and other factors. The bigger the block size, the faster a wall can be erected, but at the cost of heavier blocks that are more of a strain to work with. Blocks from ''The Liberator'' average 25 pounds (11.3kg).

See [[CEB Design]] for more information.

==Updates==
* [[Metric CEB Press]]
* [[CEB Press/Videos]]
* [[CEB Press/Field Testing 2011|Field Testing 2011]]

{{Video}}

==Product Ecology==

[[Image:4b-Constructioneco.png|thumb|600px|center|Construction [[Product Ecology]]]]

{{Product Ecology
|Product={{CEB}}
|From=
*{{Furnace}}
*{{Welder}}
*{{Torch Table}}
*{{Ironworker}}

|Uses=
*{{PowerCube}}
*{{Tractor}}
*[[Earth]]

|Creates=
*[[CEB Bricks]]

|Enables=
*[[Workshop]]
*[[Greenhouse]]
*[[HabLab]]

|Components=
*Hopper
*Grate
*Hopper shaker
*Frame
*Compression chamber
*Hydraulic Cylinders
*Solenoid controller
*Soil Drawer
*[[Controller Box]]
}}

==Status==
[[Image:creationreplication.jpg|thumb|James Slades' first independent replication of the CEB Press in process as of Sep. 2, 2011. Welding the soil loading drawer.]]
*Currently the CEB is at product release status and is being actively manufactured at Factor e Farm and in Texas. The presses will be used heavily as a part of the [[Factor e Farm Infrastructure Buildout 2011]].
*The CEB documentation is being actively upgraded to meet [[Fabrication_Procedure_Standards]] with the goal of serving as a reference implementation for [[GVCS]] documentation.
*Eventually the [[CNC Torch Table|torch table]] will be used to automate the fabrication of the CEB machine, reducing fabrication time by an estimated 20 hours and, thus, the cost to build the machine.
*The first independent replication is in process as of Sep. 2, 2011, by [[James Slade]] and Jason Smith in Texas.
* [[CEB 4 design planning]]

==See Also==
*[[CEB Design]]
*[[Compressed Earth Blocks]]
*[[Cinva Ram]]
*[[CEB_FAQ]]

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2012-08-28T00:37:49Z

Marshall:

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[[file:Rapid_Dev.png]]

See also [[CEB_4_design_planning]] - june 2012

[[File:Machine.jpg|right|400px|thumb|CEB Press (aka "The Liberator")]]
==Overview==
[[File:Liberator_bricks.JPG|right|400px|thumb|Bricks pressed on [[The Liberator]]]]
The '''"Liberator" Compressed Earth Block Press''' is a machine that makes compressed earth blocks ('''CEB'''s).

The [[CEB Press]] takes earth/dirt/soil and compresses it tightly to make solid blocks useful for building. Compressed earth blocks have many advantages as a building material: by making the building materials from the readily available dirt on the building site, they eliminate the need to transport bricks from elsewhere, reducing financial cost and environmental impact. Compressed earth blocks are very strong and insulate well against both heat and sound, making for very energy-efficient building (especially combined with the energy savings from not needing to transport them from offsite). Best of all, the material they use is already on-site and does not need to be purchased -- quite literally, dirt-cheap! See the wiki page on [[Compressed Earth Blocks]] and the [[:Category:CEB|CEB category]] for more details on building using CEBs.

The Liberator has been fully designed and tested by the [[Open Source Ecology]] team. Because the Liberator is an open source technology, you can freely download instructions to build your own from materials you can obtain yourself, or contact ''opensourceecology[at]gmail[dot]com'' to buy a kit or a finished machine.

Building a machine yourself might seem intimidating, but every step of the process is fully documented and the OSE community is available on our [http://openfarmtech.org/forum/ discussion forums] if you need help, advice, or a little hand-holding.

Using the CEB Press, two people can build a 6 foot high (1.83m) round wall, 20 feet (6.1m) in diameter, 1 foot (30cm) thick, in one 8 hour day, though construction time will vary somewhat depending on preparation time, what equipment is available (tractor to prepare the ground and move the blocks where they need to go), the quality of the soil, and other factors. The bigger the block size, the faster a wall can be erected, but at the cost of heavier blocks that are more of a strain to work with. Blocks from ''The Liberator'' average 25 pounds (11.3kg).

See [[CEB Design]] for more information.

==Updates==
* [[Metric CEB Press]]
* [[CEB Press/Videos]]
* [[CEB Press/Field Testing 2011|Field Testing 2011]]

{{Video}}

==Product Ecology==

[[Image:4b-Constructioneco.png|thumb|600px|center|Construction [[Product Ecology]]]]

{{Product Ecology
|Product={{CEB}}
|From=
*{{Furnace}}
*{{Welder}}
*{{Torch Table}}
*{{Ironworker}}

|Uses=
*{{PowerCube}}
*{{Tractor}}
*[[Earth]]

|Creates=
*[[CEB Bricks]]

|Enables=
*[[Workshop]]
*[[Greenhouse]]
*[[HabLab]]

|Components=
*Hopper
*Grate
*Hopper shaker
*Frame
*Compression chamber
*Hydraulic Cylinders
*Solenoid controller
*Soil Drawer
*[[Controller Box]]
}}

==Status==
[[Image:creationreplication.jpg|thumb|James Slades' first independent replication of the CEB Press in process as of Sep. 2, 2011. Welding the soil loading drawer.]]
*Currently the CEB is at product release status and is being actively manufactured at Factor e Farm and in Texas. The presses will be used heavily as a part of the [[Factor e Farm Infrastructure Buildout 2011]].
*The CEB documentation is being actively upgraded to meet [[Fabrication_Procedure_Standards]] with the goal of serving as a reference implementation for [[GVCS]] documentation.
*Eventually the [[CNC Torch Table|torch table]] will be used to automate the fabrication of the CEB machine, reducing fabrication time by an estimated 20 hours and, thus, the cost to build the machine.
*The first independent replication is in process as of Sep. 2, 2011, by [[James Slade]] and Jason Smith in Texas.
* [[CEB 4 design planning]]

==See Also==
*[[CEB Design]]
*[[Compressed Earth Blocks]]
*[[Cinva Ram]]
*[[CEB_FAQ]]

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