Once the idea was
developed, to build a skimmer equipped with a Archimedes screw pump but able to
separate part of the recovered water, we start manufacturing of the prototype.
Although our final
aim is to manufacture a robust pump capable of working with any type of fluid,
and being stainless steel the material that responds to such requirements, we
decided to make a first prototype using the technique of selective laser
sintering of nylon powder.
In this way we
built the first pump with a very fragile material, so that if it passed the
test we would have guarantees of adjustment and operation to proceed with the
very superior investment represented by the metallic prototype.
The technology
used responded very well to expectations and not only. We got a prototype that
geometrically validated our design but it was also a functional prototype with
which we could verify the hydraulic behavour of the pump.
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