Terp Trommel!

[snake11]

Also I'm curious how this is being produced without violating patents. There are numerous patents for thin film distillation and their apparatus already.

 

[mack 10]

No I think it makes bho then splits it into its diff fractions.

 

[snake11]

I'm still a little confused on how this works though, like do you put "shatter" into this and it separates the terps and stuff? Wouldn't shatter or purged oil be too thick?
What is the purpose of separating all these compounds?

Your feed material(shatter or whatever) is heated to make it less viscous. The system allows you to remove impurities and create a higher grade oil. Also allows you to remove solvents from your extractions.

 

[BigJohnny]

No I think it makes bho then splits it into its diff fractions.

that does make more sense...

 

[snake11]

No I think it makes bho then splits it into its diff fractions.

It does not make bho. This is not for extracting, it is for purifying. The oil is put into the hopper on the upper left where it is heated and fed into the cylinder with the roller attached.

 

[Pangea]

Pretty sure you have to use a properly viscous feed material, and many are accomplishing this by adding ethanol to their oil.

 

[snake11]

Pretty sure you have to use a properly viscous feed material, and many are accomplishing this by adding ethanol to their oil.

You should only have to do that if you do not have a heated feed. With heated feed you are able to control the viscosity more.

 

[Zapadra]

This sure looks an impressive beast!

 

[Digital Man]

Staircase included ?

 

[Symbiotic AD]

This looks like a well put together fractional distillation unit. Much Impressed.

 

[Gray Wolf]

I have to ask, how the hell do you guys make this shit? Do you just come up with an idea and then contact some kind of manufacturer to make the parts or the units themselves based on your designs?

I mean this Still looks like it was made by a multi billion dollar pharmaceutical company.....

I personally learned equipment design working as a manufacturing engineering program manager in aerospace, with a team of bright peers available for brainstorming new ideas.

We are currently using some of my tried and true resources for building that equipment, as well as some new ones we continue to discover.

One thing I did learn in aerospace, and that is if you want a professional job done, if at all possible, go to the professionals who routinely do it for a living and make quality work look easy.

I'm still a little confused on how this works though, like do you put "shatter" into this and it separates the terps and stuff? Wouldn't shatter or purged oil be too thick?
What is the purpose of separating all these compounds?

I feel like a complete idiot around here sometimes, even though I have technical skill and knowledge out the ass.

You put winterized BHO in it, and it separates it into three buckets, that are roughly C-10 Monoterps, C-20 (21)Diterps, and C-30 Triterp sized molecules. Because we are running in the neighborhood of 200C, the oil is a liquid.

 

[Gray Wolf]

Staircase included ?

Stilts! Joe is well over six feet, so demonstrates it flat footed.

 

[Zapadra]

I like the S/S idea. Forget glassware! Ya'll should get on some S/S reflux gear

 

[TNEx]

WOW. That is sexy machine . IMPRESSIVE.

 

[live resin]

I like the S/S idea. Forget glassware! Ya'll should get on some S/S reflux gear

Uh, why would SS reflux gear be useful? When would you reflux under pressure?

Parr bombs and the like already exist for pressurized reactions.

 

[Zapadra]

Uh, why would SS reflux gear be useful? When would you reflux under pressure?

Parr bombs and the like already exist for pressurized reactions.

Should have used an emoticon. Humour does not convey well through text...

 

[Chunkypigs]

You put winterized BHO in it, and it separates it into three buckets, that are roughly C-10 Monoterps, C-20 (21)Diterps, and C-30 Triterp sized molecules. Because we are running in the neighborhood of 200C, the oil is a liquid.

how are folks using the fractions that are not THC?
do they smell good or bad?

are you smoking them?

 

[Breakover]

So, in the spirit of being open source, and since this forum has provided so mich info, let's nail down some parameters for wiped and rolled film (which I can only assume is similar).

I'll start. These are the settings that seem to work well on a Pope wiped film. All temps in C.

Evap - 132
Condenser - 75
Vac - 100 mTorr.

 

[Rickys bong]

Are those parameters for terps?

RB

 

[Breakover]

No, for cannabinoids. Produces a nice light yellow liquidy product. Last test was 92% cannabinoids.