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Media Mixing Apparatus, Nick Colt, Eric Depew, Kurt Thoele, Chris Ward
Media Mixing Apparatus, Nick Colt, Eric Depew, Kurt Thoele, Chris Ward
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The purpose of this project is to reduce the physical exertion and radiological exposure of the maintenance worker by reducing mixing time of water and resin beads when replacing resin beads in a shipboard tank. Presently, a maintenance worker empties ⅓ cubic foot of resin media into a bucket, and fills the bucket with about 1-⅓ gallons of water. Then the water and resin media is mixed with a paddle by hand, until it appears homogeneous, creating a slurry. The slurry is dumped into a funnel after the mixing process and introduced to the system after the discharge valve is …