Contemporarycraft, now that you've had some experience with your "experiment" what's the conclusion? I've been thinking about all of the features that you built in to your separator and if you've done the experiment I'd hate to have to "reinvent the wheel".
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Thien Cyclone Separator Lid Discussion / Re: Experienced Thien user planning to build a 3HP 6" version with fine dust in mind
November 23, 2012, 07:37:10 PM #2
Thien Cyclone Separator Lid Discussion / Re: Top Hat Design Guidelines
November 23, 2012, 01:03:42 PM
Hi Phil,
I'm new to the group although I've been lurking and of course building and testing the Thien Baffle for some time. In reading "all" of the posts on the site I keep hearing that the ultimate separation is with a true cyclonic separator that utilizes a long rectangular inlet going to an air ramp which in turn goes in to a 1:1.64 cone. So with those elements in mind I keep hoping to increase the separation of either my Thien Top Hat or Thien Baffle built in to a standard, as in Harbor Freight, dust collector.
My next evolution was to install an air ramp in my existing setup, any thoughts?
The next concept that I'd like to explore is inclining the sides of the dust collector so that both gravity and centrifugal force would influence the movement of the particulate in the direction of the baffle's slot. Again, any thoughts.
Here are cross sectional sketches of both concepts.
I've also thought about streamlining the entrance in to the centrifuge of the top had configuration by utilizing a larger radius on the entrance, a sketch of that is also attached.
I'm new to the group although I've been lurking and of course building and testing the Thien Baffle for some time. In reading "all" of the posts on the site I keep hearing that the ultimate separation is with a true cyclonic separator that utilizes a long rectangular inlet going to an air ramp which in turn goes in to a 1:1.64 cone. So with those elements in mind I keep hoping to increase the separation of either my Thien Top Hat or Thien Baffle built in to a standard, as in Harbor Freight, dust collector.
My next evolution was to install an air ramp in my existing setup, any thoughts?
The next concept that I'd like to explore is inclining the sides of the dust collector so that both gravity and centrifugal force would influence the movement of the particulate in the direction of the baffle's slot. Again, any thoughts.
Here are cross sectional sketches of both concepts.
I've also thought about streamlining the entrance in to the centrifuge of the top had configuration by utilizing a larger radius on the entrance, a sketch of that is also attached.
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