Re: Pump for plastic powders

From: David K. Leigh (dkleigh@harvest-tech.com)
Date: Fri Jan 12 2001 - 23:38:03 EET


Why pump? Loading the machines with powder is one of the least time
consuming projects involved in setting up the machine. We have an air
handling unit to "clean" the air around our powder storms when handling the
materials, and it proves more time consuming to move it and set it up. We
find that by the time the machine is loaded and cleaned, we're still
pluggin' the sucker in.

Now. . . if you had a way to pump it into the machine while it was still
running, that would be something else entirely.
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David K. Leigh ph (254) 933-1000
Harvest Technologies, Inc. fax (254) 298-0125
Rapid Prototyping Services www.harvest-tech.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph P. Frantz" <joe@frantzind.com>
To: "Krassimir Dotchev" <Dotchev@Cardiff.ac.uk>; "rpml (E-mail)"
<rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: Pump for plastic powders

> This is standard in injection molding. Try the injection molding
equipment
> companies like IMS (440) 543-1615.
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Krassimir Dotchev <Dotchev@Cardiff.ac.uk>
> To: rpml (E-mail) <rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi>
> Date: Friday, January 12, 2001 1:21 PM
> Subject: Pump for plastic powders
>
>
> >
> >Dear List,
> >
> >I am looking for a pump which can be able to transfer plastic powder from
> >one container to another (2m distance). The idea is to find a pump which
> >can help to load and unload a SLS machine(DTM 2500plus) with plastic
> >powder.
> >
> >Does anybody know a company manufacturing such pumps or any other
relevant
> >information on this issue.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >Krassimir
> >
> >
> >
> >****************************************
> >Krassimir Dotchev
> >SLS Project Manager
> >Manufacturing Engineering Centre
> >Systems Division, School of Engineering,
> >Cardiff University,
> >PO Box 688, Newport Road
> >Cardiff CF24 3TE
> >United Kingdom
> >
> >Tel: +44 (0)2920 874641, +44 (0)2920 875918
> > or +44 (0)2920 876268
> >
> >Fax: +44 (0)2920 874880
> > or +44 (0)2920 874003
> >
> >E-mail: DOTCHEV@cf.ac.uk
> >
> >www.mec.cf.ac.uk
> >
> >****************************************
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/
>
>
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>

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