3D PRINTED GOLD CONCENTRATES SLUICE FOR IC CHIP REMAINS

Hi all, thanks for watching. I appreciate you visiting my channel.
This is a gold concentrates sluice for IC and BGA chip remains. There is no refining or yield at the end. This is a build video and an example of how you can make your own designs. With a cheap 3D printer and some filament you can easily create any design you fancy. Some minor post processing work to seal the printed part and you will be good to go.
This is a prototype to test the capability of PLA printed parts with gold recovery in mind.
I am using TinkerCAD for the 3D designs because its simple to use, easy to explain its operation, anyone can get a free account and have a go with it, and it works brilliantly for basic shape designs. Once you get more familiar with it you can start making more complex shapes.
When you get to the clean up section you will see why I have already decided to start on version 2. I may post version 2 when the time comes but it's likely going to be a while as I have other projects which need to be finished first.
Anyway thanks for getting this far with me. I hope this inspires you to come up with some designs for your own sluice. I have a number of 3D designs already made and I am currently compiling a compressed file full of examples. The designs are slightly larger than the design shown in this video (100mm x 200mm Outside edge) but you should have no problem adjusting them in TinkerCAD. I am happy to give them away for free to my subscribers. If you are interested please email me directly at [e-mail] if you would like to be sent the .STL files. You must be a subscriber and be visible on my subscriber list. You may need to change your visibility settings in KZbin. They are not open source files but you are more than welcome to try them out for your own use. Also as I said the compressed folder is not quite ready for upload just yet so there will be a delay in getting the files to you.
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[@beammachine4525]

nice songs

[@angrykieran7515]

Edging us by not showing the yield 😮‍💨

[@scouseurbanminer5106]

Sorry Kieran, I haven’t done the refine on it yet, it’s still sat in beakers in the fume hood. When I get that done I will let you know but I couldn’t give any indication of the starting weight of the material or even what grade most of the chips where. It’s just a batch of random mixed IC’s and probably some RAM BGA’s thrown in there too

[@angrykieran7515]

@@scouseurbanminer5106 i would have thought you could just put it in a pan to get an idea of whats in there

[@scouseurbanminer5106]

@@angrykieran7515 never even considered that, sorry mate, genuinely didn’t think it would be of any interest as there’s no point of reference as to the make up of what was incinerated first. I get that it would be easier to see the trapped heavies in a pan instead of the beaker. If I get a chance this weekend I will put something together

[@angrykieran7515]

@@scouseurbanminer5106 Get a pretty good visual idea of how much material you are putting in. you also said about 1kg of incinerated IC's which i guess is integrated circuits like from ram, SD cards etc. Yeah, i think the money shot would be seeing the gold showing up in a pan or something

[@necrosniche5350]

The immediate concern I have is material. PLA is basically corn-goo. While varnishing it does help, at the end of the day it's still porous and partially hollow; meaning that over time as the coat of varnish weakens you'll the water with start sapping the prints integrity fairly quickly. Sealing the print with an ABS-like resin may be a better play on that front.

[@scouseurbanminer5106]

Hi Necro, thanks for watching. I agree, it's not the ideal setup for long term use and will require re-varnishing periodically. Also I figure that at some point in the future I will have to try to recover any trapped heavies from the plastic. For the amount I use it I figure if I give it a couple of coats of varnish 24 hours before every use it should be enough to keep it going for a while. Thanks for the idea of resin coating. I've been trying to find out which is best for working with PLA I might try that for version 2 once I figure out how best to use it. I'm only really using for trial and error prototyping to figure out the best set up for catching the heavies from IC chip remains. I have a lot of designs to test and PLA is cheap and easy to use for testing. Once I have the optimal number of sections/designs with the best catch rate, I will probably look at a more permanent set up, maybe even trying my hand at casting some silicon moulds from the final designs. Thanks again, appreciate the help.

[@zxcvbnm1312ful]

Do u have any built ready one and can u send it to India?

[@scouseurbanminer5106]

Hi Zxcv, thanks for watching. Sorry but I do not have any manufacturing capability to produce on a large scale for sale. Best thing I could suggest is you can use Tinkercad and make your designs yourself and get a local supplier to 3D print them for you from ETSY.com.

[@zxcvbnm1312ful]

Thanks for d reply

[@Rezplz]

Please help me sir I am indian

[@scouseurbanminer5106]

@@Rezplz Hi Rez, what do you need help with?