[Stoves] Dung Berry Fireballs

[Jeff Davis]

Dear List,

On Monday 30 October 2006 02:50 am, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:
> It is how small scale cement plants work.  The pan can be quite shallow
> (i.e. make two out of a drum) and you can form charcoal dust balls,
> coal+limestone, dung+grass balls (and so on) easily and quickly.  It is
> also cheap and low on labour demand (i.e. 'productive').


There are many methods of agglomerating, Crispin writes of two types. One is 
the drum agglomerator and the second is the pan agglomerator. The drum is set 
close to horizontal and the pan is around 45-60 deg (if memory serves me 
correct). With a cement mixer you can learn about both.

Agglomerating dust is not the same as agglomerating fibrous material!



Best regards,

Jeff



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