markz528
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- Sep 25, 2012
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- Cincinnati
I am trying to help a startup with some technical challenges around powering their setup and was hoping there might be a better alternative than an auger to drilling a 1.25" diameter hole 6 inches deep in healthy live trees. Requirements is it needs to be very efficient (every second counts) and it can't burn the wood.
Proof of concept is done and now building the first prototype so we still have flexibility. The holes will be drilled by a robot and the preferred robot cannot handle an auger. Will go bigger if have to, but was trying to figure out if some other cutting tool might be better suited that would potentially cut at a higher rpm. The auger cuts at 800 rpm. I know that chip evacuation might be impossible with live tree chips but I figured I would at least explore options.
For starters we are looking at making roughly 900,000 holes. They will be used to extract sap from the trees.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Proof of concept is done and now building the first prototype so we still have flexibility. The holes will be drilled by a robot and the preferred robot cannot handle an auger. Will go bigger if have to, but was trying to figure out if some other cutting tool might be better suited that would potentially cut at a higher rpm. The auger cuts at 800 rpm. I know that chip evacuation might be impossible with live tree chips but I figured I would at least explore options.
For starters we are looking at making roughly 900,000 holes. They will be used to extract sap from the trees.
Anyone have any thoughts?