[Gasification] Chip Guillotine was Re: Wood heating in the UK - whole log gasification

[Jeff Davis]

Hi Doug,



You have a deal.

Anything I come up with you can use on your web page, etc..



Thanks,
Jeff





On 12/29/2013 12:53 PM, Doug wrote:
> Hi Jeff and Paul,
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> It's been a few years since I assembled this concept guillotine design into a drawing, and I emphasis concept. It was to show a principle of slicing the fibres as the force of the blade was applied with as much rotation of the blade possible. How the dimensions are determined can be proven using a cardboard mock-up and leaves plenty of room for innovation relating to the features you mention.
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> These are the things that I would explore with this concept:
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> 1. The angle of the ground blade, and which direction the angle/s should face the stick to prevent shattering (unless you need this factor).
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> 2. The angle of the blade support plates.
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> 3. The blade diameter.
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> 4. Addition of a bottom blade, possibly to facilitate cutting angles.
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> 5. Blade can be mild steel with welded hard facing, like the Screw Auger Laimet chipper.
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> As a project, nobody has reported back to me that they have tried to make one, and I have not the time myself to iron out any wrinkles. I will however discuss it today with a mate who might be interested in pottering around to keep his hands busy. Unlike building a gasifier, many on our forums will have plenty of ability to knock it into a working design as an interesting practical project.
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> I suggest the floor is open to all so we can fatten out the potential details.
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> Doug Williams,
> Fluidyne.
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