Just a word of caution for larger shops considering ethanol. This material would be classified as a VOC and using large quantities might ger you into trouble with local air pollution authorities (especially California and on the east coast).
On average, using straight ethanol, approximately 270 gallons (+/-) will result in roughly 1 ton of emissions. In PA, the local agencies (especially near Philly and Pittsburg) start permitting at 2 tons emitted. Not trying to be a wet diaper on the idea, just offering a note of caution. Brian Glackin On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Kirk Wallace <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 09:29 +0200, Rob Jansen wrote: > ... snip > > Emulsion is even worse. A lot of machinists warned me for the corrosive > > behaviour of the emulsion - this is the main reason why a lot of > > machines have rusty inner parts. > > My mill has the coolant tank as part of the foot casting. When I brought > it home, it was full of old coolant. Inside, it looked and smelled just > like a septic tank. After cleaning it out, I haven't had the heart to > fill it again. The table and vise were badly rusted. > > > P.s: what I like on the Datron machine is the change of the direction of > > the mist, depending on the milling direction. Would be interesting to > > know if this is automatic or a G-code action. > > > > Regards, > > > > Rob > > It almost seems like the mist is controlled by the X direction. I wonder > if the .hal pid.N.output and comp.N connected to a pair of digital > outputs would work? > > Are you familiar enough with Datron's to know if there are other air > jets that automatically clean the general work area? In the video, it > shows the operator opening the machine and wheeling the catch bin away > from a clean work space. > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html > California, USA > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. > Meet > the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & > iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian > Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
