Every once in awhile it is nice to start up a thread and get some new ideas and input. Back in 2009 I started a thread about an assay lab small refinery but it was centered mostly on karat gold refining assay and melting and other than assay techniques and a basic layout it didn't go very far. But today, in 2017 there are more members doing different scrap types and I think it's time to try this again. This is the original thread, http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=4789
An example of what can be improved on is waste treatment. It wasn't touched in the first thread but between that thread and now, most of our refining members use the basic waste treatment but since then there have been threads applying GSP's concept of wicking filters to treatment and maybe we should have a "waste treatment room" in this refinery and link other threads as well as summarizing for completeness. There are other things too, members have small silver cells using stainless bowls to refine their silver. There are guys running small copper cells after smelting their scrap. There's pyrolysis, Deano's carbon felt cell, and many other little tweaks that have been put together by members and maybe putting them all into one thread we can come up with the ideal "GRF Refinery Design"
I'll start by saying the basic refinery needs a section for Aqua regia work, a hood and a scrubber would be ideal. We have beat these topics to death on this forum and there are threads dealing with how to make hoods and scrubbers but maybe links and photo's of what members have done and what is working will be helpful.
Another option that is pretty handy is using a storage container as a refinery. The church I attend just purchased a 40 foot high bay container for a charity clothing program and I was pleasantly surprised that it only cost $2,250 delivered. While other members of the church were oohing and aahing about the size, I was thinking, wow, I could build a nice little refinery in there! I have even seen multiple containers linked together. I don't know the mechanics of the linking but interconnecting doors and passageways turn multiple containers into larger work spaces.
So if there is any interest in this thread, lets start on what processes should be given space in the refinery. So who wants to make a list to start us off? Once we generate a list of what we feel is best to do in our little refinery, we can start going into detail about the different pieces of equipment needed to do it.
An example of what can be improved on is waste treatment. It wasn't touched in the first thread but between that thread and now, most of our refining members use the basic waste treatment but since then there have been threads applying GSP's concept of wicking filters to treatment and maybe we should have a "waste treatment room" in this refinery and link other threads as well as summarizing for completeness. There are other things too, members have small silver cells using stainless bowls to refine their silver. There are guys running small copper cells after smelting their scrap. There's pyrolysis, Deano's carbon felt cell, and many other little tweaks that have been put together by members and maybe putting them all into one thread we can come up with the ideal "GRF Refinery Design"
I'll start by saying the basic refinery needs a section for Aqua regia work, a hood and a scrubber would be ideal. We have beat these topics to death on this forum and there are threads dealing with how to make hoods and scrubbers but maybe links and photo's of what members have done and what is working will be helpful.
Another option that is pretty handy is using a storage container as a refinery. The church I attend just purchased a 40 foot high bay container for a charity clothing program and I was pleasantly surprised that it only cost $2,250 delivered. While other members of the church were oohing and aahing about the size, I was thinking, wow, I could build a nice little refinery in there! I have even seen multiple containers linked together. I don't know the mechanics of the linking but interconnecting doors and passageways turn multiple containers into larger work spaces.
So if there is any interest in this thread, lets start on what processes should be given space in the refinery. So who wants to make a list to start us off? Once we generate a list of what we feel is best to do in our little refinery, we can start going into detail about the different pieces of equipment needed to do it.