Continuous Clay Printer Requirements + Value Proposition
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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)