FYI:
Diarrhea is estimated to be the number one killer of children under 5
at the beginnig of the decade and now continues to be a major cause of
death amount the worlds children.
Potter's Without Borders has been assisting with the development of a
low-tech, low cost, colloidal silver-enhanced ceramic water filter.
Field experience and clinical test results have shown this filter to
effectively eliminate 99.88% of most water-born disease agents.
Filter has been cited by the United Nations' Approprite Technology
Handbook , and is used by the International Red Cross and the Nobel
Prize winning medical relief oganization Doctors Without Borders.
Approximate cost of fiter system is $10-15 with replacmement filters
$4. Can be used with running river water, wells, lakes, and marsh
water.
It is a gravity fed system that can supply the daily needs of clean
drinking water for a family of six. It can be easily cleaned to extend
the life of the filter.
I am assiting in the devlopment of a ****table training press that can
be used by 1st world technicians to train local 3rd world country
potters. This includes developing the right combination of local
materials to provide the necessary filtration levels as well as
production tooling and techniques.
I just happened to talk to the founder while on vacation last week
while my wife was buying new coffee mugs for our household at his
shop. Not "big" on pottery, I was reading a technical re****t on the
effectiveness of the ceramic filter when he came over and provided
additional information on the manufacture of the filters (addition of
sawdust to the clay).
During the conversation he mentioned how they were having a difficult
time coming up with a press design that was lightweight and ****table
enough to carry on an A/C flying into these remote villages. A working
prototype was located in an adjacent room and after watching it in
operation I made some simple suggestions how it may be improvement.
The next thing I knew I had volunteered to do***ent and optimise the
design for them.
As with most small non-profit groups they are working literally out of
their basements with no operating capital. Founder is self-taught on
sketch-up - which they use to communicate with 3rd world countries via
email. They pay out of their own pockets to fly to the 3rd world
countries to set-up new "production" facilities using local materials
and resources.
Len
On Aug 7, 7:22=A0pm, "madcadman" <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> <l...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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news:9185a316-6e83-41d9-a858-62eb5d48c020@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Hello all,
>
> > I've volunteered to help a non-profit group called Potter's without
> > Borders who are developing a ceramic water filter for 3rd world
> > countries.
>
> > I need a 20 ton bottle jack (pump) which will be used in a press. Can
> > anybody point me to 3D models of said item. Tried a quick search but
> > couldn't find any.
>
> > Len
>
> Potters without Borders? =A0 what the hell kinda gay group is that?
=A0yo=
u gotta
> be joking, right?
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