Continuous Clay Printer Requirements + Value Proposition: Difference between revisions
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#Mixing chamber retains settled clay material, so cleanout/maintenance requirement is zero between prints | #Mixing chamber retains settled clay material, so cleanout/maintenance requirement is zero between prints | ||
#Ability to print with common clays, found in many locations worldwide | #Ability to print with common clays, found in many locations worldwide | ||
#Includes ball/roller mill for powdering clays from local sites (rocks are turned to clay) | #Includes ball/roller mill for powdering clays from local sites (rocks are turned to clay-size particles) | ||
Revision as of 16:51, 19 April 2020
Requirements
- Continuous printing in clay starting from clay powder
- Powder allows for easy and continuous material flow with augers and pumps, and easy mixing into a fluid material
- Mixing chamber premixes clay and water
- Pump, probably peristaltic, pumps into a pressure chamber
- Pressure chamber operates by air pressure
- Clay print head has automatic flush with water, so maintenance is zero on print head
- Mixing chamber retains settled clay material, so cleanout/maintenance requirement is zero between prints
- Ability to print with common clays, found in many locations worldwide
- Includes ball/roller mill for powdering clays from local sites (rocks are turned to clay-size particles)