Inocu Pro Root Fertilizer Production 2.009 Blue B Woodie Flowers - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Inocu Pro Root Fertilizer Production 2.009 Blue B Woodie Flowers - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Inocu Pro Root Fertilizer Production 2.009 Blue B Woodie Flowers Steve Haberek Zach Eisenstat Daniel Guarda Phil Hum Justin Holland Levi Lalla Wey-Jiun Lin Tiffany Yang 10/20/05 Background Mycorrhizal Fungi 5 grow bags/hour Market

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InocuPro

Root Fertilizer Production

2.009 Blue B Woodie Flowers Steve Haberek Zach Eisenstat Daniel Guarda Phil Hum Justin Holland Levi Lalla Wey-Jiun Lin Tiffany Yang 10/20/05

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Background

Mycorrhizal Fungi 5 grow bags/hour

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Market

Small Farms

  • Vegetable farmers,

transplanted plants

  • 84,000 farms 1-49

acres in US Developing Countries:

  • Consume over 63% of

world’s fertilizer

  • Manual labor

Competition:

  • Phosphate fertilizers
  • $1,500 on 9 acres
  • Variable vs. Fixed
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Design Challenges

Tumbler:

  • Occasionally Jammed

sketch model

  • Excess Particles

sketch model mockup

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Grinder/Cutter: Grinder/Cutter:

  • Power/Speed
  • Grass? Seeds? Rocks?

sketch model mockup

Circulation of root:

Vblade >> Vroot

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Design Challenges

Grinder/Cutter: (cont.)

mockup

  • Circulation of root:

Vblade >> Vroot

  • Blade spin from

bottom

  • No spinning axle

revealed

  • Speed ≈ 3000rpm
  • Flail blade
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Design Challenges

Integration: