Open Source Ball Mill - Revision history

Eric: Created a redirect to a Disambiguation Page

2020-07-06T18:16:53Z

Created a redirect to a Disambiguation Page

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	~~=Basics=~~		#REDIRECT [[Open Source Ball Mill (Disambiguation Page) ]]
	*Part of the [[Open Source ~~Laboratory Construction Set]]~~
	*It is essentially a cylendar placed on its side, it has an axis going down the center of it's axis as well (preendicular to the circle faces), this is spun causing the material placed inside to repeatidly fall carying ball bearings with them, these then meet and collide on the cylendar walls. This process is repeated untill the internal materials are powderized to the desired consistency. Then the contents are removed and seperated. (PS Sorry if this rambled a bit, feel free to simplify it)

	~~=Use Cases=~~
	~~=Generally Used For=~~
	*Making powder for Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printers
	*Powderization of solids
	*Mixing of said powders

	~~==3D Printing Uses==~~

	Ball ~~mills can be used to grind down a medium to a powder, which could be useful for the application of selective laser sintering, where a powder~~ (~~ie: plastic, aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, etc~~) ~~is sintered into a 3d model by a laser.~~

	~~=Comments=~~
	~~==Comments by [[User:Maltfield\|Michael Altfield]] ==~~

	~~I ([[User:Maltfield\|Michael Altfield]]) used to make ball mills for grinding shredded aluminum foil into a fine powder for thermite.~~

	My first ball mill I bought for $20 from unitednuclear.com. It was the simple 3lb rotary rock tumbler. Iirc, the rubber belt-drive broke on it, so I ended up making my own. I would scrap motors from wasted electronics like standing osculating fans, hook the drive up to a long threaded rod, and use that to spin the cylindar.

	~~The aluminum powder I made was very, very fine. The aluminum was sourced from aluminum foil passed through a nice-ish paper shredder then grinded in the ball mill.~~

	~~Could we 3D print aluminum parts from aluminum powder produced from a ball mill?~~

	Also, it's worth noting that there is a strong correlation between aluminum exposure and Alzheimer's Disease. If we ever did work with Aluminum Powder, we should probably wear protection like the workers do at [https://i.materialise.com/blog/en/direct-metal-laser-sintering-dmls/ Materialize.com]

	~~[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]~~

	~~===Eric's Comments on Your Comments (Comment-ception)===~~
	*First of, cool respirator + face sheild! I was looking at the version that added a flip down welding mask. Expensive, but useful. How often do you need to relace the blower cartriges?
	*Anyhow on the note of using aluminum powder, it might work, but I am unsure if the oxidzaion of the powder could effect anything. Otherwise though it might be fine.
	*Another option is to start with plastic sls/slm and work our way up from there? This design that was at MRRF could work, albeit in a less gittery and more D3D form.

	~~=Industry Standards=~~
	*

	~~=Existing Open Source Designs=~~
	*[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG3sMuAqqz0&t This one might honestly be ready to use with the addition of a housing, motor, and motor control system (also maybe scale up/down)]]

	~~=Minimum Viable Products=~~
	*Scaleable
	*Modular
	*Quick Removal of Main Container for Little Delay Time In Use
	*Noise Reduction
	*AC or DC input power

	~~=Basic Design=~~
	~~==Container==~~
	*A cylendrical container in which the grinding takes place
	*Needs to Be Durable
	*Also has the addition of the axis through the middle

	~~==Mechanism==~~
	*The part that takes the rotation from the modor and adapts it to the axle of container
	*Could be as simple as direct attatchment or much more complex

	~~==Motor==~~
	*

	~~==Controller==~~
	*

	~~==Power Supply==~~
	*

	~~==Housing==~~
	*The shell in which all the above componets are contained

	~~==Balls==~~
	*Stainless Steel Ball Bearings work well for most cases
	*Ceramic or Teflon are better for more reactive substances

	~~=BOM=~~
	*

	~~=Other DIY Ball Mills=~~
	*Gizmology version - [http://www.gizmology.net/mixer.htm]

	~~=Internal Links=~~
	*[[3D Printer]]

	~~=External Links=~~
	*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_mill Wikipedia Page on Ball Mills]
	*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintering Wikipedia:Sintering]

	~~[[Category:RepLab]]~~
	~~[[Category:Digital Fabrication]]~~
	~~[[Category:Metalworks]]~~
	~~[[Category:Materials]]~~
	~~[[category:3D Printer~~]]

Eric: Minor Text Formating Fix

2020-07-06T18:04:40Z

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	=External Links=		=External Links=
	*[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_mill Wikipedia Page on Ball Mills]]		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_mill Wikipedia Page on Ball Mills]
	*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintering Wikipedia:Sintering]		*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintering Wikipedia:Sintering]

Eric: Updated the page to the more recent formatting style

2020-07-06T18:04:25Z

Updated the page to the more recent formatting style

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	*It is essentially a cylendar placed on its side, it has an axis going down the center of it's axis as well (preendicular to the circle faces), this is spun causing the material placed inside to repeatidly fall carying ball bearings with them, these then meet and collide on the cylendar walls. This process is repeated untill the internal materials are powderized to the desired consistency. Then the contents are removed and seperated. (PS Sorry if this rambled a bit, feel free to simplify it)		*It is essentially a cylendar placed on its side, it has an axis going down the center of it's axis as well (preendicular to the circle faces), this is spun causing the material placed inside to repeatidly fall carying ball bearings with them, these then meet and collide on the cylendar walls. This process is repeated untill the internal materials are powderized to the desired consistency. Then the contents are removed and seperated. (PS Sorry if this rambled a bit, feel free to simplify it)

			=Use Cases=
			=Generally Used For=
			*Making powder for Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printers
			*Powderization of solids
			*Mixing of said powders

	=3D Printing Uses=		==3D Printing Uses==

	Ball mills can be used to grind down a medium to a powder, which could be useful for the application of selective laser sintering, where a powder (ie: plastic, aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, etc) is sintered into a 3d model by a laser.		Ball mills can be used to grind down a medium to a powder, which could be useful for the application of selective laser sintering, where a powder (ie: plastic, aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, etc) is sintered into a 3d model by a laser.

	=Comments by [[User:Maltfield\|Michael Altfield]]=		=Comments=
			==Comments by [[User:Maltfield\|Michael Altfield]] ==

	I ([[User:Maltfield\|Michael Altfield]]) used to make ball mills for grinding shredded aluminum foil into a fine powder for thermite.		I ([[User:Maltfield\|Michael Altfield]]) used to make ball mills for grinding shredded aluminum foil into a fine powder for thermite.
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	[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]		[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]

	==Eric's Comments on Your Comments (Comment-ception)==		===Eric's Comments on Your Comments (Comment-ception)===
	*First of, cool respirator + face sheild! I was looking at the version that added a flip down welding mask. Expensive, but useful. How often do you need to relace the blower cartriges?		*First of, cool respirator + face sheild! I was looking at the version that added a flip down welding mask. Expensive, but useful. How often do you need to relace the blower cartriges?
	*Anyhow on the note of using aluminum powder, it might work, but I am unsure if the oxidzaion of the powder could effect anything. Otherwise though it might be fine.		*Anyhow on the note of using aluminum powder, it might work, but I am unsure if the oxidzaion of the powder could effect anything. Otherwise though it might be fine.
	*Another option is to start with plastic sls/slm and work our way up from there? This design that was at MRRF could work, albeit in a less gittery and more D3D form.		*Another option is to start with plastic sls/slm and work our way up from there? This design that was at MRRF could work, albeit in a less gittery and more D3D form.

	~~=Used For=~~
	* Making powder for Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printers
	*Powderization of solids
	*Mixing of said powders

	=Industry Standards=		=Industry Standards=
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	=BOM=		=BOM=
	*		*

	~~=Useful Links=~~
	*[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_mill Wikipedia Page on Ball Mills]]

	=Other DIY Ball Mills=		=Other DIY Ball Mills=
	*Gizmology version - [http://www.gizmology.net/mixer.htm]		*Gizmology version - [http://www.gizmology.net/mixer.htm]

	=~~See Also~~=		=Internal Links=
	* [[3D Printer]]		*[[3D Printer]]
	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintering Wikipedia:Sintering]
			=External Links=
			*[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_mill Wikipedia Page on Ball Mills]]
			*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintering Wikipedia:Sintering]

	[[Category:RepLab]]		[[Category:RepLab]]

Marcin: /* Useful Links */

2019-04-06T19:40:20Z

Useful Links

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	=Useful Links=		=Useful Links=
	*[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_mill Wikipedia Page on Ball Mills]]		*[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_mill Wikipedia Page on Ball Mills]]

			=Other DIY Ball Mills=
			*Gizmology version - [http://www.gizmology.net/mixer.htm]

	=See Also=		=See Also=

Eric: Added some thoughts

2018-05-24T11:37:27Z

Added some thoughts

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	[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]		[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]

			==Eric's Comments on Your Comments (Comment-ception)==
			*First of, cool respirator + face sheild! I was looking at the version that added a flip down welding mask. Expensive, but useful. How often do you need to relace the blower cartriges?
			*Anyhow on the note of using aluminum powder, it might work, but I am unsure if the oxidzaion of the powder could effect anything. Otherwise though it might be fine.
			*Another option is to start with plastic sls/slm and work our way up from there? This design that was at MRRF could work, albeit in a less gittery and more D3D form.

	=Used For=		=Used For=

Maltfield: /* Comments by Michael Altfield */

2018-05-24T04:15:28Z

Comments by Michael Altfield

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	Could we 3D print aluminum parts from aluminum powder produced from a ball mill?		Could we 3D print aluminum parts from aluminum powder produced from a ball mill?

	Also, it's worth noting that there is a strong correlation between aluminum exposure and Alzheimer's Disease. If we ever did work with Aluminum Powder, we should probably wear protection like the workers do at ]https://i.materialise.com/blog/en/direct-metal-laser-sintering-dmls/ Materialize.com]		Also, it's worth noting that there is a strong correlation between aluminum exposure and Alzheimer's Disease. If we ever did work with Aluminum Powder, we should probably wear protection like the workers do at [https://i.materialise.com/blog/en/direct-metal-laser-sintering-dmls/ Materialize.com]

	[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]		[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]

Maltfield: /* Comments by Michael Altfield */

2018-05-24T04:15:16Z

Comments by Michael Altfield

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	Could we 3D print aluminum parts from aluminum powder produced from a ball mill?		Could we 3D print aluminum parts from aluminum powder produced from a ball mill?

	Also, it's worth noting that there is a strong correlation between aluminum exposure and Alzheimer's Disease. If we ever did work with Aluminum Powder, we should probably wear protection like the workers do at Materialize.com		Also, it's worth noting that there is a strong correlation between aluminum exposure and Alzheimer's Disease. If we ever did work with Aluminum Powder, we should probably wear protection like the workers do at ]https://i.materialise.com/blog/en/direct-metal-laser-sintering-dmls/ Materialize.com]

	[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]		[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]

Maltfield: /* Comments by Michael Altfield */

2018-05-24T04:12:59Z

Comments by Michael Altfield

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	Could we 3D print aluminum parts from aluminum powder produced from a ball mill?		Could we 3D print aluminum parts from aluminum powder produced from a ball mill?

	Also, it's worth noting that there is a strong correlation between aluminum exposure and ~~Alzimers~~ Disease. If we ever did work with Aluminum Powder, we should probably wear protection like the workers do at Materialize.com		Also, it's worth noting that there is a strong correlation between aluminum exposure and Alzheimer's Disease. If we ever did work with Aluminum Powder, we should probably wear protection like the workers do at Materialize.com

	[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]		[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]

Maltfield: /* Comments by Michael Altfield */

2018-05-24T04:10:33Z

Comments by Michael Altfield

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	Also, it's worth noting that there is a strong correlation between aluminum exposure and Alzimers Disease. If we ever did work with Aluminum Powder, we should probably wear protection like the workers do at Materialize.com		Also, it's worth noting that there is a strong correlation between aluminum exposure and Alzimers Disease. If we ever did work with Aluminum Powder, we should probably wear protection like the workers do at Materialize.com

	[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]		[[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]]

	=Used For=		=Used For=

Maltfield: /* Comments by Michael Altfield */

2018-05-24T04:10:20Z

Comments by Michael Altfield

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	Could we 3D print aluminum parts from aluminum powder produced from a ball mill?		Could we 3D print aluminum parts from aluminum powder produced from a ball mill?

			Also, it's worth noting that there is a strong correlation between aluminum exposure and Alzimers Disease. If we ever did work with Aluminum Powder, we should probably wear protection like the workers do at Materialize.com

			[File:AluminumProtection.jpg]

	=Used For=		=Used For=