[Estufas_bioenergylists.org] more briquette press options if you need them

[rstanley]

Estimado, Ivan and David et al,
There are many many press designs you should be aware of besides Dr 
MArtirena's. Screw presses from Malawi, batch down-fed, lever presses from 
Thailand, Mozambique, Peru, Kenya, Mexico,  and Nepal, down-fed.  
continuous-fed designs from Uganda, slide tray horizonal-fed designs form 
Nepal again, hopper fed foot-operated stepper press for pellet making from 
South africa, Hydraulic horizonatal and vertical fed designs from Haiti 
etc....
Not that anything is wrong with Dr Martirena's design, (I do not think he is 
connected to our network) but perhaps you can benefit from a broader serioes 
of options for your specific situation. We can send you several examples 
form around the world to give you perhpas a broader decision making base. 
(We sell plans and operating instructions for our hand operated compound 
lever wood press for up to 6 persons, a hand operated lever "Porta press" 
for small production teams (1 - 2 persons),
We have diagrams for a stepper press and a hydraulic jack-operated up-fed 
press which we give out for free as long as you agree to (1)feed back to us 
your exerience and recommendations with it, and (2) agree to freely pass it 
on to others) but us aside, there is really much much more out there in the 
low pressure, wet process briquetmaking world.
Let us know if you want additional options...then please guide us with your 
experience !
Richard Stanley
<www.legacyfound.org>
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[iso-8859-1] Ivan Machado L�pez writes: 

> David W 
> 
> Considero muy importante el tema del evento que su entidad organizará en Marzo en Bolivia, nuestro equipo de trabajo dirigido por el Dr José F. Martirena ha trabajado el tema de la biomasa densificada con baja energía de compactación como una alternativa de combustible con adecuada densidad energética que puede tener un uso muy satisfactorio en las cocinas mejoradas con un bajo impacto medio ambiental. 
> 
> Mi nombre es Iván Machado López y trabajo en el Centro de Investigaciones y Desarrollo de las Estructuras y los Materiales, CIDEM,  y nos sería de mucho interés ver que participación podríamos tener en este evento. 
> 
> En espera de su atención lo saludo 
> 
> Ing. Iván Machado López 
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