Last year I thought about a new to build still, with a bigger capacity for making more essential oil. I purchased a pan of 150 liters. The pan should be the basis of the distillation kettle
That was the beginning of a project that is now successfully completed.
First I thought about the design and sought examples of stills. The examples below are professional stainless steel (INOX) stills.
After I had made the design I contacted an experienced stainless steel welder .
That was quite a quest. I ended up with Roy Lemmen and make an appointment.http://lassersmetaalbewerking.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html
Roy has extensive experience in boilers and was enthusiastic about this assignment.
Here are some pictures taken in his workshop
The cooling bucket has an input and an out-let for the cooling water wich can be closed with a crane.
.Now it needs testing with a water distillation!
designsketch (steam) distillation boiler and cooling bucket, capacity 75 liters plant material |
That was the beginning of a project that is now successfully completed.
First I thought about the design and sought examples of stills. The examples below are professional stainless steel (INOX) stills.
English model: |
French model: http://www.alambic-inox.com/materiel/alambic.html |
That was quite a quest. I ended up with Roy Lemmen and make an appointment.http://lassersmetaalbewerking.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html
Roy has extensive experience in boilers and was enthusiastic about this assignment.
Here are some pictures taken in his workshop
steamholes in the lid |
top welded on the lid |
'gooseneck' |
The difficult part was the cool bucket. The spiral in the bucket to be mounted was made by a specialist found by Roy. The delivery of the spiral has taken quite some time, but the results are worth it.
distilling kettle top with lid and thermometer socket 1 / 2
mid-grid in the distilling kettle
The distilling kettle is diveded in two parts by a grid. In the lower part the water boiling will generate the steam. The upper half (75 liters) is for the plant parts.
cool bucket
The spiral runs from 1 / 2 inch thread and can be linked on the still. All parts are maded of high grade INOX.
cooling coil in the bucket
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