iandol on fri 1 feb 02
Dear Mud Hen,
You say <and the clay going through it was really wet.>>
There may be several things amiss here. First is that you do not put =
really wet clay into the mill. It needs to be touch dry.
But slow progress seems to suggest that the flights are either badly =
worn or need re-aligning. The interior of the barrel might be worn also. =
To find out you need the drawings form the manufacturer. But these =
things can be corrected by a good maintenance engineer..
A good pug mill will pull the clay into the barrel, compress it and mix =
it before extruding it as a solid plastic pug. When a pug mill is well =
tuned it is a joy to possess and saves hours of labour and dollars in =
clay purchasing.
All the best,
Ivor Lewis. Redhill
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