Hmm, That looks very much like my fat grinder, I wonder if a hamburger grinder with very small holes 1/6" would work?
I will try it, would flax seed have enough oil for a test? Jim Keith Addison wrote: >Hi all > >Jason sent me a nicely drawn graphic of how the PITEBA oilpress could >work. It's here: > >http://journeytoforever.org/bflpics/oilpress.jpg > >Any comments? > >Best > >Keith > > > > >>Kieth, >>If you look carefully at one of the close-up pics ( >>http://www.piteba.com/eng/index_eng.htm about halfway down) there is a hole >>in the side of the reducer nipple (black iron, 1.5", about 0.90$US) that the >>cake is squeezed out of around the adjustment screw. the only reason i could >>think the price would be so high is the welding costs, a trained welder >>would demand a lot of money for their work, even as simple as this. and as >>for continuity, it wouldnt be perfect, but the oil could be drawn off by >>funnel, and the cake could be shunted to a bigger basket as it falls. ill >>see if i can get something put together for you in the near future, i doubt >>ill have any numbers, but i can have a diagram pretty quick. >> >>Jason >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> >>Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:18 AM >>Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Small oil press >> >> >> >> >>>Hi Jason >>> >>> >>> >>>>Its a piece of gas main with a helix press in it (like whats in a meat >>>>grinder). the hardest part to find would be the press itself, but >>>>everything >>>>else is just off the shelf nickel and dime stuff. i really cant see >>>>spending >>>>100euros on it when i can build it for about 25. and stick a solar heated >>>>Stirling on it, and you could use a bigger hopper and catch-pan and go >>>>have >>>>a sandwich or something. >>>> >>>> >>>Thankyou! >>> >>>More or less what I thought. If it's an AT project then why's it so >>>expensive and why don't they make free plans available? I saw >>>something on their website about tropical use, sure, that's our focus >>>too, but not that way. Maybe they see the NGOs and aid agencies as >>>their market. Well, maybe, but I think what has to happen to this >>>stuff is that you set it free so it can spread like a weed, if it >>>works and it's wanted, or die if not. >>> >>>Could you put some plans together Jason? Made of common bits. As you >>>say the helix press is the problem. I've never seen a discarded meat >>>grinder in a junk pile or recycling centre, here nor elsewhere. >>>Butchers use bigger ones, they must junk them sometimes. I guess they >>>take a different route into the waste stream. >>> >>>Also, how could it be continuous? You'd have to stop every now and >>>then to take the cake out, it doesn't look like it comes out the end >>>all by itself like a meat grinder. Would a grinder still crush out >>>the oil if it came out the end like that? Maybe if you made the holes >>>smaller... >>> >>>Wonder what that blue-green stuff is in the other bottle. >>> >>>All best >>> >>>Keith >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> >>>>Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:12 AM >>>>Subject: [Biofuel] Small oil press >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>http://www.piteba.com/eng/index_eng.htm >>>>> >>>>>Sturdy oil expeller for the small scale professional >>>>> >>>>>- Manually operated >>>>> >>>>>- Continuous pressing of oil seeds >>>>> >>>>>- Up to 2 litres oil per hour >>>>> >>>>>- Processing up to 5 kg seed per hour >>>>> >>>>>- excellent for coconut cream production >>>>> >>>>>... it says. >>>>> >>>>>Price about 100 EURO. >>>>> >>>>>Any comments? Anyone have any experience of it? Is it made of >>>>>plumbing parts? It looks like an Appropriate Technology project, >>>>>maybe out of Wageningen University or something similar. Hm, 2 litres >>>>>of oil for an hour of cranking that handle - are you putting in more >>>>>muscle-power energy than you're getting out? Sounds like a case for >>>>>Pimentel to me. >>>>> >>>>>Best >>>>> >>>>>Keith >>>>> >>>>> > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
