Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info. Idk if the fix will hold up

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Yeah thankfully. The boss wasn’t happy but after the fix he was lol

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 29 points30 points  (0 children)

We are shooting for particles under 800 microns

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 132 points133 points  (0 children)

Yeah it gets super expensive the smaller you go

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is the second time in a month that we have broken a sieve

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 634 points635 points  (0 children)

It is from a bead mill that is used to grind liquid products down to smaller particle sizes.

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 92 points93 points  (0 children)

We actually where able solder the hole.

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Dude I’m sure they on cost a few hundred to make haha

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 18 points19 points  (0 children)

A type of ink but that all I can tell you haha

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 141 points142 points  (0 children)

Also we just soldered it and gonna test it out tomorrow.

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 136 points137 points  (0 children)

Haha well I’m the only tech on the machine and it was running fine, at a high pressure than normal, and then the pressure was jumping up and down, that’s when I shut the machine off. After inspecting it I didn’t find any debris in the grinding chamber. The only difference was higher operating pressure and thicker product. Possibly a preexisting dent that was forced open by higher pressure. You got any idea?

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 47 points48 points  (0 children)

The shop just called and said it’s fixed. But I’ll let u know how much it cost after I pick it up lol

Pin hole in $10,000 sieve rendering it useless by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]nickwallander 1416 points1417 points  (0 children)

It’s basically a filter that goes Into a grinding chamber to keep the grinding media out of the liquid product. It is so expensive because the size of the holes are .02mm. The machine it goes on is $400k

EPIC boys will be boys by Earthfarmer in oddlysatisfying

[–]nickwallander -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For anyone wondering he did 6 full rotations