Here's a reply from Nora that had a large pdf attached, I wonder if Erin will be able to upload it?
AJH On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:25:31 -0800, Nora Feldmar wrote: >Hi! >(little correction: i am a Hungarian born Hungarian citizen, and now living >in Hungary again :).. i was just studying in Holland) > >When seeing the design from Haiti we were a bit afraid of using springs for >ejection, so we really wanted to push from the bottom.. And that was a >challenge with the spikes that make the holes.. And then my colleague had >the great idea with the two-way lid. (He is called Attila, I include him in >the list) And I dont think it should make much difference that the holes >are rectangular. > >The other great idea of his, which i am not sure if u can clearly see from >the pictures, is that one of the lids is actually a tray that should slide >under the briquettes after compressed (and pressed above the mould), and >when you lower the jack, the briquettes just stay on the tray and can be >moved (we will probably make another one of these, to save time like with >the two mould sets with the legacy press). When we were testing the press, >we had a little accident with the jack, so I am not 100% sure yet whether >the tray will leave the briquettes intact(ish) but the first try when the >jack was working was promising. > >The fabricators are of a small coop from another very poor region of the >country. (They are actually also Roma/Gypsy). A friend NGO set us up with >them, and they were really great to work with. > >Sure we would be very happy to make a manual out of this, but I first want >to wait until we can properly test it and hopefully make a second prototype >soon. The material costs were quite high which would be quite good to >reduce. > >I attach a collection of images and some info on presses that can be used >as inspiration. (I think it would be really interesting to experiment with >the screw press with the weights). > >Thanks for your support! >All the best, >Nora > _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://www.bioenergylists.org/
