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  1. Lisa, In this situation, adjusting the return flow will not solve the problem nor will adjusting the heat input. This still was built by someone who does not know how to design stills. Due to the incorrect plumbing design, this column will always flood when someone attempts to use it correctly. Many american companies give Chinese factories designs that will not work so that when the Chinese factories steal their intellectual property and sell it to others, the stills won't work and then the Chinese company does not know how to fix it.
  2. Robowop, I'm sorry. I didn't see the part about the air seal on your agitator until violent blue mentioned it. If you haven't adjusted it yet you can call 417-778-6100 and ask for Tim. He is our agitator expert and he will walk you through adjusting your agitator seal. Concerning your flooding problem. The advice that meerkat and I gave will solve the problem, however if you would like to pump the condensate I have a kit for that. We figured out years ago that a tank with a float switch is not needed. Our kit consists of a pneumatic pump, sight glass hoses and an air regulator.
  3. Below are a couple of the stills that we have built recently: The first is a Pro Series Whiskey Still with heads, hearts, tails receiving tanks and CIP. The still below that is an electric Baine Marie Standard Series gin still with CIP.
  4. Hi WMD Tom. Email me privately at paul@distillery-equipment.com
  5. Meerkat has pretty much identified all of the problems. Back when I had my designs built completely by the Chinese, I put several flaws on the drawings that I gave the Chinese such as an S trap instead of a P trap, column condensate return lines that were level instead of down sloping and dip tubes that did not dip. Once I received the equipment at my shop I had my employees correct the issues. I put these flaws in to protect my intellectual property. I knew that the Chinese factories passed design drawings around and I wanted to make it so that when they sold my stolen designs those stills would not work. These particular flaws were the simplest for me to fix, which is why I chose them. It appears that the Chinese company that sold Robowap this still, used one of my design drawings. I apologize for the problems this has caused you Robowop but it was the only way that I could think of to protect myself. Robowop my email is paul@distillery-equipment.com direct line 417-778-6908 I am glad to help you resolve your issues.
  6. Windy City. I have just what you need. email: paul@distillery-equipment.com
  7. We can help you with that. Email paul@distillery-equipment.com
  8. That's great to hear Mike. You are the man when it comes to chilling systems.
  9. Work Press. You don't gain anything with your design change idea and it could also cause safety issues. I've been thinking about how to modify your still to solve your issues.. I have came up with one option for mash with solids and another for a liquid mash The least expensive solution works with grain out mashes but not grain in. Simply put some Camco ultra low Watt density water heater elements directly into your wash for faster heat up and run times. You need 44kW total, including what you already have in the jacket. To do this all that you need to do is add some element ports in the side of the pot above the bottom jacket and add a 2nd controller I have a simple fix for grain in mashes but the still's manway must be large enough for a welder to get inside it. How big is your manway? Are you distilling on the grain or off? Can you sanitary tig weld and fabricate?
  10. Workpress. Also a still should never be operating with no one at the distillery. SSRs can fail in the on position or fail in such a way that the controller can catch fire and if no one is there the whole distillery burns plus connected or surrounding buildings could burn as well. Did you build your own heating system and controller?
  11. My electric baine marie stills of this size have 44,000 Watts of power and the oil jacket covers the bottom and sides up to the top of the liquid level in the pot. This gives a 1.5 hr heat up time. Your still was really badly designed. You are greatly limited due to the fact that you have very little thermal exchange surface area. You can increase the Wattage but due to your limited thermal exchange surface area you will never get a decent heat up time due to the way the jacket and pot are designed. You would be a lot better off buying a new still. I can put you into a new 150 gallon Baine Marie for less than $20,000 We can help you with financing etc. paul@distillery-equipment.com
  12. Will you be fermenting and distilling on the grain or off the grain?
  13. Pete's suggestion about getting your flanges welded in at the correct angle is your best bet.
  14. Thanks Alex. I'm not sure why they disappeared. I will ask the moderator.
  15. Have you tried landscape nurseries in your area? They will sometimes use it to make compost. Another option is row crop farmers. They can put it in their manure spreaders and spread it as fertilizer.
  16. You will need 3 column condensate pump kits to get correct functionality. Also I would strongly suggest a thermostatic valve for dephlegmator coolant control. We sell the pump kits and thermostatic valves. Just email paul@distillery-equipment.com
  17. There is no reason for concern. As long as the bypass at the valve body is open a little, there are no issues. If there had been any issues, we would have changed the design years ago. Redesigning won't gain you anything.
  18. I would love to talk to you about this over the phone. Give me a call at 417-778-6908 and we can go over options. You can also email me if you like paul@distillery-equipment.com
  19. Jocko, The problems that Golden Beaver had were due to the wrong size Danfoss valve. As long as the Danfoss valve and probe are plumbed according to the diagram and the bypass at the Danfoss stays cracked just a little, there are zero issues because the danfoss valve's probe is always in constant contact with the coolant flow. This being the case there is no reason to change anything. We have over 100 customers using Danfoss valves plumbed according to the diagram that we supply and they work great. Also this same plumbing design is used by our competitors with good operational functionality.
  20. If you make yourself a screen using 100 micron or smaller stainless steel screen and wooden slats and place it on top of the fermenters, so that fruit flies can't get in there that should help a bunch.
  21. You should not cap the vents. The vents are there for safety reasons. If the area where the tank is gets too hot, pressure can build in the tank causing a rupture and or explosion or if the tank gets cold enough, a vacuum implosion could occur.
  22. Welcome to distilling and best of luck at your new job.
  23. Concerning the picture that Pour Decisions posted. I thought that I should add this. We keep our prices low and quality high by several different methods one of which is that our warehouses for stainless vessels and other stainless equipment have dirt floors. This saved us a great deal of money when we built our warehouses and we pass those savings on to our customers. Of course stainless is incredibly rust resistant so having dirt floors in the warehouses, where our stainless is stored, does not harm the equipment in any way. If you are interested in quality mash cooling equipment or any other quality distilling equipment, at great prices, email paul@distillery-equipment.com or call 417-778-6100 and ask for Susan. Thanks.
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