Gasifier Experimenters Kit

Gasifier Experimenters Kitmore picturesThe full set of vessel tubes is cut from one sheet of4' x 8' mild steel (1/16" thick). A typical threewheel manual roller forms the flat parts intocylinders. All the flanges and end plates are cutfrom one third of a 4' x 8' sheet mild steel (1/8"thick).Below is the layout pattern for the 1/16" and 1/8"sheets. Note the nesting of "rings within rings" forthe flange rings and end plates. The width of aplasma cut is about equal to the 1/16" vessel tubethickness. Therefore the offset between the outerand inner cut parts corresponds nicely with theouter and inner diameter of the related vessel tube.This layout method minimizes wasted materialand cut time, while insuring a perfect "ondimension" fit. The flange rings and end platesalso second as the the "jig" to final form the tubeshttp://www.allpowerlabs.org/gasification/gek/manufacturing.html (3 of 6) [10/9/2008 08:00:23]