At Busada, we often work with schools and colleges in assisting them with their physics projects. A teacher at a prominent High School in Westchester, NY wanted to teach her students the principles of pneumatic conveyance. They 3D printed some micro-carriers and wanted to convey them between rooms. Being that this was basically a model of a larger system we supplied them with our transparent 1″ Schedule 40 Pipe.
The students designed and 3D printed the carrier and the stationary retrieval device.
We provided the tubing, bends, and couplings necessary for the system. The students provided the vacuum system and (with the help of the faculty) solvent welded the tubing and mounted the system.
The teacher sent us this video and wrote:
Hi Charles,
It took us only two days to assemble the tubes. Everything was very easy and convenient. All sleeves fit tubes nicely and welding worked as you explained. I can’t thank you enough for all your help. My kids are very excited and play with the system every day trying to optimize the input, output and the speed of the carrier. Unfortunately our vacuum cleaner is not adjustable and the plastic carrier that they made using 3D printer is too light, so it travels very fast. We have two variables for now: the mass of the capsule and the flow rate that they are trying to adjust using different designs of the system’s entrance/exit . I am sending you a few pictures of the system from two different classrooms. Our mail system is built between two physics classrooms and connects them.
Thank you again for your help and generous support of our project. We really appreciate your help.