AC/off-grid photovoltaic powered open-source ball mill
Ball milling is used for comminution by rotating a drum to grind materials using balls with specific diameters. Ball milling advantages include the potential for high capacity, predicted fineness in a specific amount of time, reliability, safety, and simplicity, but has disadvantages of high weight,...
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| author | Maryam Mottaghi Motakabbir Rahman Apoorv Kulkarni Joshua M. Pearce |
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| description | Ball milling is used for comminution by rotating a drum to grind materials using balls with specific diameters. Ball milling advantages include the potential for high capacity, predicted fineness in a specific amount of time, reliability, safety, and simplicity, but has disadvantages of high weight, energy consumption and costs, which limit accessibility. To overcome these limitations this study applies the free and open source hardware approach coupled to distributed digital manufacturing to fabricate a ball mill with a simple, customizable design that can be used in a wide range of scientific applications and circumstances including those without access to reliable grid electricity. The highly-customizable design reduces the cost to <US$130 for an AC powered version and <US$315 for a switchable power that enables off-grid operation with a solar module and battery. Using a solar photovoltaic energy source not only improves the power reliability, but also makes it easier to move the ball mill for use in field environments. The open source ball mill is capable of reducing silicon particle sizes from the millimeter scale down to the nanometer scale. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-91ad4b88d66348d7969585fc5248cdf92023-06-24T05:18:17ZengElsevierHardwareX2468-06722023-06-0114e00423AC/off-grid photovoltaic powered open-source ball millMaryam Mottaghi0Motakabbir Rahman1Apoorv Kulkarni2Joshua M. Pearce3Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western University, London, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Western University, London, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ivey Business School, Western University, London, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ivey Business School, Western University, London, Canada; Corresponding author.Ball milling is used for comminution by rotating a drum to grind materials using balls with specific diameters. Ball milling advantages include the potential for high capacity, predicted fineness in a specific amount of time, reliability, safety, and simplicity, but has disadvantages of high weight, energy consumption and costs, which limit accessibility. To overcome these limitations this study applies the free and open source hardware approach coupled to distributed digital manufacturing to fabricate a ball mill with a simple, customizable design that can be used in a wide range of scientific applications and circumstances including those without access to reliable grid electricity. The highly-customizable design reduces the cost to <US$130 for an AC powered version and <US$315 for a switchable power that enables off-grid operation with a solar module and battery. Using a solar photovoltaic energy source not only improves the power reliability, but also makes it easier to move the ball mill for use in field environments. The open source ball mill is capable of reducing silicon particle sizes from the millimeter scale down to the nanometer scale.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067223000305Ball millGrindingMechanical grindingOpen hardwareOpen-source hardware3-D printing |
| spellingShingle | Maryam Mottaghi Motakabbir Rahman Apoorv Kulkarni Joshua M. Pearce AC/off-grid photovoltaic powered open-source ball mill HardwareX Ball mill Grinding Mechanical grinding Open hardware Open-source hardware 3-D printing |
| title | AC/off-grid photovoltaic powered open-source ball mill |
| title_full | AC/off-grid photovoltaic powered open-source ball mill |
| title_fullStr | AC/off-grid photovoltaic powered open-source ball mill |
| title_full_unstemmed | AC/off-grid photovoltaic powered open-source ball mill |
| title_short | AC/off-grid photovoltaic powered open-source ball mill |
| title_sort | ac off grid photovoltaic powered open source ball mill |
| topic | Ball mill Grinding Mechanical grinding Open hardware Open-source hardware 3-D printing |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067223000305 |
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