ACT Apr-Jun10.p65 - Petroleum Conservation Research Association

of several pot making units. The design and
development of mixer has been done by
utilizing only the locally available resources
and the equipment has large replicability
potential in the cluster. With the
introduction of mechanized mixing
equipments, the uniformity of various
physical properties across the volume of the
material has been ensured and the duration
of labour intensive manual mixing operation
substantially reduced. For deeper
penetration of developed technology, it was
essential that the principle of operation and
maintenance should be easily graspable by
the target community and thus the
construction and operation of the mixer was
designed in such a way that the technology
could be easily replicated and installed by
groups of pot makers as well as by individual
pot makers. The mixer works on simple
principle of stirring. Table 1 (below) gives
the components list along with their
specification and other particulars
as mentioned.
Initially unloaded mixer
Loading the mixer tank with clay and grog
mixture
The following pictures show the schematics
of mixer operation.
● Manufacture and Testing of Improved
pots in Pot ot furnace: Three batches of pots
were tested in the pot furnace operation
for establishing the useful life realizable
from the improved pots. Each of the batches
was manufactured from the locally available
Loaded mixer in operation
Table 1: Clay mixing equipment component list
Unloading processed mixture from the
mixer tank
Component
Nos.
Specification
Remarks
Electric Motor 1 AC motor, 2 HP rated power To provide motive power
Reduction Gear box and assembly 2 Dia - 100 mm For adjusting the machine rpm
Gear ratio - 1 : 20
Crown Pinion Gear 1 – For transfer of motion from motor shaft to
mixer shaft
Iron pot with cement lining 1 Holding capacity 650 kg To hold soaked clay and grog while churning
Angular blades pair 1 – To create turbulent movement in soaked mixture
for effective mixing
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