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Ready to go on it's maiden voyage. |
Phil put it through it's paces today at ZIRCAR spraying a refractory
coating on insulation shapes. |
Only after he spent a little time with the blender, in the conical
elutriator station, to prepare the coating. |
It's a damn good thing I don't try to
make a living with graphics, but I think this shows the "flow" of
things. |
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We started with 2 ea. 275 gallon totes. After cutting a door in one and
adding some welded steel and wheels to it, we took the floor and 3 walls
out of another. Then added a pump, basin, plumbing and electrical stuff
to it. |
The pump is 1/6 hp, pumping 1500 gal / hr through about 40
ea. 1/8" diameter holes. |
It has a bypass valve, which will
come in handy when it is time to drain it.
Here it is shut but we've been running it set at ~2/3. |
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Orienting the spray holes horizontally seemed key to avoiding splashing. |
We added a dose of red food coloring to make it easier to see
the flow. |
As is seen here...... |
........and here. |
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The hole layout did a pretty good job of covering all 3 walls. |
Under the yellow FibergrateŽ are
perforated panels of PVC sheet so the air has to pass through 1/8" dia.
wet holes before exiting. |
A closer look at the perforated PVC panels in the floor, and............ |
A Happy Camper! |