Need help with falling film for distillation

Purchased a new glass falling film. We are trying to find our proper speed and temperature to create nice distillate. We are having trouble pulling distillation. Any help?

We have :

  1. Air vacuum
  2. Cooling circulation @ -10 c
  3. Internal condenser @ 72 degrees
    4.heating circulation @ 106 degrees

We barely have any distillation, maybe just a drop of it. All the crude is falling directly into the waste flask

I am still new to this, so please don’t bash me if I am not giving enough information, I am here to learn. I appreciate any help
I will provide pictures for reference

Yikes!

I can get you operating your wiped film no problem.

Check your direct messages

1 Like

Thank you !

Your Temps are way off.

1 Like

Yes that’s why I am asking for help lol

2 Likes

This guy is the self proclaimed “wiper king” VTA SOP, you guys asked for it so here it is

But I already know you need some more guidance so feel free to holler at me

2 Likes

We provide turnkey solution WFE setup.

Free Trainning Class.

If you have more material oil to process just dm

1 Like

Plug walk… I don’t even understand how my plug talk!

3 Likes

Ayyyyyy :sunglasses::sunglasses::sunglasses:

Keep turning it up till you see some terps appear in your cold traps. Then slowly creep it up till you find her sweet spot. They are all different.

1 Like

He might have got one of the Chinese baths that max out at 105. I’ve got those before.

1 Like

Yea and the fluid will boil over or catch on fire before it reaches the temps he needs.

@Shepard9 please list what fluids are in your baths

3 Likes

:man_shrugging: mine have heat bands.
Listen to @Apothecary36

wish i had a wiper…

1 Like

that is a wiped film, not a falling film.

that won’t work…you need to suck WAAAAY harder to distill cannabinoids.

(it is appropriate of a falling film, but you don’t have one of those)

which tells you you need to turn the heat up (but don’t bother until you can pull 100um or better on your empty still). if nothing is evaporating, nothing will condense.

start here: Boiling Point of THC

then Wiped Film Parameters

5 Likes

Hey can u translate microns into the whole E to the negative exponent thingy

If you look his vac level is at a whopping 2E^ 2

I distilled at 1 E^-1 but that’s as low as my Guage read…
Breaking dabs showed 1E^ -7 or something cray

Another great place to start is learning how to prep your crude. You will never get proper vac levels without devolatizing in another veasel or running a terp pass.

Run the oil circulator at 160 and your problem will be solved.

1 Like

Doubt it bud

Why? 2.6E-2 is 26 microns

1 Like

That’s a positive 2