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Inocu Pro

Inocu Pro. Root Fertilizer Production. 2.009 Blue B Woodie Flowers Steve Haberek Zach Eisenstat Daniel Guarda Phil Hum Justin Holland Levi Lalla Wey-Jiun Lin Tiffany Yang. 10/20/05. Background. Mycorrhizal Fungi 5 grow bags/hour. Market. Small Farms

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Inocu Pro

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  1. InocuPro Root Fertilizer Production 2.009 Blue B Woodie Flowers Steve Haberek Zach Eisenstat Daniel Guarda Phil Hum Justin Holland Levi Lalla Wey-Jiun Lin Tiffany Yang 10/20/05

  2. Background Mycorrhizal Fungi 5 grow bags/hour

  3. Market Small Farms • Vegetable farmers, transplanted plants • 84,000 farms 1-49 acres in US Developing Countries: • Consume over 63% of world’s fertilizer • Manual labor Competition: • Phosphate fertilizers • $1,500 on 9 acres • Variable vs. Fixed

  4. Design Challenges Tumbler: • Occasionally Jammed • Excess Particles mockup sketch model sketch model

  5. Design Challenges Grinder/Cutter: • Power/Speed • Blade Selection • Grass? Seeds? Rocks? mockup •  Circulation of root: • Vblade >> Vroot sketch model

  6. Design Challenges Grinder/Cutter: (cont.) • Circulation of root: Vblade >> Vroot • Blade spin from bottom • No spinning axle revealed • Speed ≈ 3000rpm • Flail blade mockup

  7. Design Challenges Integration:

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