Experiences with Luna Technologies

I do not have one anymore. I’m team bizzybee and working on making it automated my self. Actually adding flow meters to calculate how much solvent is being used each run and recovered each run. Along with about 3x temp read points and psi’s as the Luna.

According to Luna you will never find one of their units for sale but i find that hard to believe. I know somone else that had 2 Luna’s and they don’t look to be in business anymore. Not sure where there equipment is at tho.

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What flow meter are you looking at? I’ve been looking for the same thing

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So what happened to yours? Did you sell it?

Do you mind sharing the name of the company with 2 Luna’s sitting mothballed?

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FLOWMETER USAGE: The flow meter Shall be used exclusively with fluids. No gases permitted to flow. Presence of gases could create severe hazard and damage

lots of places in the system where this wouldn’t work. even solvent out from the tank is vapor occasionally…(you know, when the robot gets it wrong and tries filing from the empty tank…which our Luna did repeatedly this week)

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https://www.orderazbil.com/ccrz__ProductDetails?sku=CMG+for+Butane+and+Propane

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Says those are for “gas flow”.

Which may or may not include liquid phase (haven’t deciphered yet)

Edit: manual says low pressure version is 1atm. Medium is 10atm. Temp range -10 to 60C

That certainly makes for liquid butane over at least some of that range…

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When I talked to the rep the ones we were looking at are speced for -50. Told them exactly our process but I won’t be purchasing anything without them agreeing to take it back if it doesn’t do what they say. Right now I just want it for calculating solvent loss. Will be always liquid phase unless solvent tank runs dry. I’ll bring up all these points to him Monday.

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I’ll ask the owner what he’s doing with them. I don’t know him well. I just know I don’t see their products on the shelves anymore.

-10 tho, not sure that would cut it for most applications, run my BZB @ - 30c all day using Co2 jacket and I would love to add a flow meter to my setup, were constantly refilling columns w/n-tane

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Purhaps a crane style strain gauge to something like @420guy’s windchime

Wait @420guy is @44northorganicfarms??

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Obviously there could be any number of reasons for that. The choice of extraction equipment doesn’t guarantee, or exclude, the possibility of sustainable success.

Lol no

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Nope.

But he takes swinging in the breeze up a notch or eight.

And adds cannabis bazooka for bonus points!!

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@420guy takes the cake for the windchime award!!

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Thank you for compliment. I know its kinda over the top lol

I took alot of flack for the idea but serious labor savor👍

51 hit me hard :persevere: not as much labor in me

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I never said the Luna was the reason they went out of business. If you want one so bad why don’t you buy another one from them?

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Well that makes perfect fucking sense!

That seemed to be the implication you were making. Glad you clarified.

I am considering another one, that’s why I am asking what happened to yours, and where these other two mothballed Luna units are.

You can DM me with this info if you don’t want to discuss publicly, I’ll track these units on my own from there.

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