> From: Gil Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 18:33:22 +0930
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: woodchips/regeneration
> Gil wrote:
>
> Our current problem, if anyone can help is to find a way to make pellets
> containing a single tree seed and a number of life enhancing additives. We
> know
> what we want to include and that will be reasonably constant, but the seed
> vary
> greatly. From River Red Gum at six or seven thousand seeds to the ounce to
> quandong and sandalwood at one or two seeds to the ounce. Many have wings that
> need to be included and some like many of the native grasses are long and have
> hairs and hooks that tangle... Anyone with ideas on how we can build a machine
> that will handle a wide range of seeds with little resetting?
>
The Schatz Inversion mixer might be of help to you here. It would guarantee
a very exact distribution of all mix components regardless of size or weight
so that when the mixer is stopped they would be perfectly mixed. The
lemniscatory motion itself might also enhance the life element in the seeds.
How this might relate to 'coating' is another matter, you may know the
answer to this.
Don
P.S. We are currently designing an inexpensive 5 gallon unit for
agricultural/BD applications.
