Hi Dave, That's funny. I am an engineer but opinions and others' expertise are always welcome. That is how I learn. I found some inexpensive HPLC pumps on ebay but most are sold as-is. You don't know if the seals are any good and if some yahoo like me tried to push solder paste through it...well who knows what shape the pump is in.
I do have a larger pump I purchased from the 3M surplus store in St. Paul, MN. The pump is a screw piston type and is rated to somewhere near 30,000 PSI. The assembly had a bunch of high pressure proportional valves and stainless tubing. The pump cylinder is probably 5 cubic inches. Quite large for a solder paste dispenser. I have not looked into HP's paint heads. Sounds interesting because one would think the paint media is a bit thicker than ink. The older inkjet heads won't work because the ones I'm familiar with heat up a small thin film resistor to boil a spec of ink and this heated ink blows through a small orifice to the paper. If I boiled solder paste I would have boiled solder paste. Eventually I will find something that will work. This is the idea kicking phase at the moment. Dennis > Dennis: > I think that is a question for an engineer. > I just used an HPLC for analysis of low levels of Vit A in animal > feeds. > There are really no wrong questions ... how else does on learn? > Questions are much cheaper than an expensive HPLC pump. > > If you can take a look as some of the newer colored (paint/dye) heads in > HP printers. Cute technology IIRC. > > Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
