Ok so here is a very brief video that will give you a little idea of what the new automatic feeder is like. The design goal was to create a feeder/classifier/wash plant that is light, highly reliable, easily packed in to a remote location at a fair and reasonable price. This is my solution currently. This thing weighs around 6 pounds and no moving parts beside the motor. It is not a trommel design as worm feed and a rotating barrel require a lot more moving parts. It is a feeder that will regulate the rate at which material gets fed into a sluice and wash and classify the material as well. It will fit ANY sluice, this one is designed to feed a sluice of 6 and about a foot in width. Attachment is quick and simple using 2 quick release pins. Your bucket with a hole cut in the bottom is the hopper. It could probably handle up to 3 rocks or so but it is advisable to limit rock size to under 1 1/2. I was going to actually run some dirt through it today, but I dont have the thick rubber that I need to make the pads that hang on the bars off the hub. Will see if I can get that done tomorrow and finally feed dirt to the thing. Comments and ideas welcome. Any input (suggestions or requests) at this stage will be considered and may (or may not) be incorporated in the final build. Basically once this is up and running, I will allow anyone on Facebook here to buy it at a reduced price up until the end of September. Then I will take the orders accumulated and build them all and ship them out by the end of October. This motor is super expensive and way overkill. The actual motor will be smaller (and weigh less and use less power) than the one seen here. Speed is adjustable to regulate feed. Arms are removable also a way to regulate feed. 4 arms on this one, two installed in the video. Even at this speed it can feed a lot of dirt per minute.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 01:06:35 +0000
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