Already removed that and put on proper triclamp coupling with same ID
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No, you cant remove the cages and balls. The pump wonāt pumpā¦
Any data is better than none. So far we know boba balls will flow through the pump 
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The ball/seat and the diaphragm/pump wall.
I never suggested removing the balls. Iām familiar with how these things operate.
I asked where trichomes would get smashed.
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Thatās actually a great idea!
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My apologies, I misunderstood the question/comment.
Do these things need ti be cleaned often?
Is that any amount of sticking of the trichomes after a while of operstion?
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Get the same bag of hemp buds/thc buds, ice hash them.
Run your pump, and the other one.
Test the result for quantity, potency, and yield.
We did see this with standard pumps yes. On steel pumps, if you run hash on a āhotā pump this happens. Over time hash piles up. Plastics solve this issue.
On steel pumps, we prime with cold water to prevent this.
To clean you can do CIP with hot water or a plethora of chemicals/solvents. We recommend cleaning daily. Diaphragms get changed every million cycles or so.
If the test is about which one smashes trichomes more or less, makes more sense to start with pre separated trichomes.
Guess you would need quite a bit to test this thing.
I would think since you need a ball valve or something similar for these things to operate, the main thing that would reduce the amount of trichomes smashed would be the ratio of trichomes to water youāre sucking up.
Alternatively if you didnāt allow the ball to seat completely youād smash hardly any trichomes but sacrifice some head pressure and complicate the design a little bit.
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It is very difficult to get an identical wash. It would not be statistically valid whatever data you collected.
Not a statistician BTW but did lots of sample collection in a previous life.
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Yeah, I like your idea. Take a kilo of hash and recirculate for an hour and see what happens. Do we get mush or are both samples still the same? That can be done, replicated, and validated. I like that.
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These pumps are submersible, so you could put the pump inside the discharge tank to keep it at a consistent temperature. Although a steel diaphragm pump of that size would be much more expensive Iām sure.
Wonder if the vibration from a submerged pump during operation would provide enough vibration to assist in sieving.
Would be much quieter submerged lol
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Itās a joke, not a dick, donāt take it so hard.
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Using an axis separator (or any programmable unit) with the same programmed recipe, in 2 vessels with exact same specs, using exact same water and ice volumes, with the same exact metered volume of rinse water at the same temperature, and weighing 6 samples (3 for each pump) the exact same size from the same homogenized batch of lightly cured trim would be the method. Wouldnāt have to be a full batch. Just fill the vessel with 2 kilos each time and the rest of the way with water.
Edit: fuckā¦i replied before I read this. This sounds like a better idea @Franklin
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Oh lord. That vibrating metal strip would obliterate bubble bags.
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The Vib discussion should be on a separate thread if people want to discuss it, but there isnāt much to say about it.
The metal ring has a silicone gasket underneath so no metal ever touches bags. You can either place the ring directly over bags or attached to the bucket, just depends how many buckets you have. We prefer to attach it to a bucket and never have to mess with it. Just place the bucket over stacked buckets like Frenchy used to do it. The tighter the mesh the more transfer of vibrational energy and thus better sieving.
There is a 5-gallon and a 20-gallon version. Again, if you are a Handy Manny and can make this for 5 bucks, power to you. If you canāt and are a hobbyist then this is a nice toy. They do work. Iāve sent out several of these for free so people can test, no strings attached. If you are an influencer and want one to test, DM.
These are not however for an industrial application. If you have a licensed lab for profit, get yourself a rotary vibrating screen like what we use in the Mesclatore:
Here is a best practices video we made with a more cost-effective sieve you can also use:
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That looks pretty useful
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