Devices (10) and methods for pasteurizing and/or sterilizing particulate material. The devices contain at least one electron source (20) for generating an electron beam and a treatment zone (19) in which the material is pasteurized and/or sterilized by the electron beam. The device (10) comprises a vibration surface (11) which vibrates to convey and individualize the material. The first vibration surface (11) has a plurality of grooves (12) into which the material is conveyed and individualized. The device (10) has a good channel (21) in which the material is pasteurized and/or sterilized by the electron beam in the region of the treatment zone (19). The device (10) has at least one auxiliary channel (22) through which a fluid flows between the electron source (20) and the good channel (21) and is separated from the good channel (21). A cartridge (24), for pasteurizing and/or sterilizing particulate material, is also disclosed.

Provided is a building material manufacturing apparatus and a building material manufacturing method that are suitable for efficiently manufacturing a building material while suppressing clogging of a sieve portion for sieving the building raw material. The building material manufacturing apparatus of the present invention includes, for example, a sieve portion 10 and a receiving tool 30. The sieve portion 10 includes a receiving and sending sheet 11 with no sieve openings, onto which the building raw material M is dropped, and at least one sieve sheet 12 with sieve openings that is located below the sheet. The receiving and sending sheet 11 and the sieve sheet 12 can perform undulating motion, are inclined, and are arranged side by side in the inclination direction. The receiving tool 30 is for receiving the building raw material M that has passed through the sieve openings of the sieve portion 10. In the building material manufacturing method of the present invention, for example, in a state in which the receiving and sending sheet 11 and the at least one sieve sheet 12 are performing undulating motion, the building raw material M is dropped onto the receiving and sending sheet 11, moved from the receiving and sending sheet 11 onto the sieve sheet 12, subjected to sieving by the sieve sheet 12, and the portion that passes through the sieve openings of the sieve sheet 12 is accumulated on the receiving tool 30, whereby a mat with at least one layer is formed.

A system for post-print processing of 3D printed parts includes an automated breakout system for separating 3D printed parts from printing media in a tray and a vibratory media cleaning system for removing printing media from the 3D printed parts. The automated breakout system includes a tray input mechanism, a bed including a first end disposed adjacent the tray input mechanism, the bed including one or more passageways configured to pass printing media through the bed, a vibration generator coupled to the bed and configured to vibrate the bed, and a part terminator disposed adjacent a second end of the bed. The vibratory media cleaning system include a vibratory bin, a vibration generator coupled to the vibratory bin and configured to vibrate the vibratory bin, an automated parts loader configured to introduce 3D printed parts to be cleaned into the bin, and an automated parts removal mechanism.

Devices (10) and methods for pasteurizing and/or sterilizing particulate material. The devices contain at least one electron source (20) for generating an electron beam and a treatment zone (19) in which the material is pasteurized and/or sterilized by the electron beam. The device (10) comprises a vibration surface (11) which vibrates to convey and individualize the material. The first vibration surface (11) has a plurality of grooves (12) into which the material is conveyed and individualized. The device (10) has a material channel (21) in which the material is pasteurized and/or sterilized by the electron beam in the region of the treatment zone (19). The device (10) has at least one auxiliary channel (22) through which a fluid flows between the electron source (20) and the material channel (21) and is separated from the material channel (21). A cartridge (24) for pasteurizing and/or sterilizing particulate material is also disclosed.

A method for harvesting heavy mineral from a regolith may comprise: flowing a layer of particulate feedstock over a distribution chute having an uneven surface texture, the particulate feedstock comprising first particulates and second particulates that differ by at least one property; changing a momentum of individual particulates in the particulate feedstock while flowing over the distribution chute and/or after leaving the distribution chute such that the first particulates and the second particulates, on average, travel different lateral distances from the distribution chute; and collecting the particulate feedstock in a plurality of bins, wherein at least two of the bins are laterally spaced differently from the distribution chute.

A vibrating sorting table for separating loosely attached parts from a workpiece includes a bench. The bench comprises a bottom. Each of a plurality of supports is coupled to and extends substantially vertically from a respective edge of the bottom. A top is flexibly coupled to each of the supports. The top is substantially parallel to the bottom. The top is movable relative to the supports and the bottom. A pair of rims is coupled singly to opposing sides of the top. The rims separate a workpiece positioned on the bench from an upper face of the top. A vibration unit is coupled to a lower face of the top. The vibration unit is positioned to impart vibrational forces to the top, such that the workpiece coupled to the top vibrates. Parts of the workpiece that are loosely attached separate from the workpiece and fall to the upper face of the top.

A gold panning assembly for vibrationally separating gold from dirt includes a pan that may receive a mixture of the dirt and the gold. A vibration unit is coupled to the pan. The vibration unit vibrates the pan such that the vibration unit urges the gold to separate from the dirt thereby facilitating the gold to be removed from the dirt.

The invention relates to a ballistic separator for separating mixed waste materials, wherein at least two adjacent paddles, strips, or a sheet metal plate are arranged in a frame so as to be movable and form a base, said base being arranged in the frame with a gradient with respect to the mounting surface of the separator, and the base being mounted on at least one side of a shaft on a paddle holder so that the base can. be set in rotation, a drive unit for generating the rotational movement being provided and driving at least one shaft. The shaft is designed as an eccentrically mounted outer tube, eccentric disks being fastened or immobilized in the eccentric tube on an inner shaft, a bearing being provided between the eccentric disk and the eccentric tube and the paddle holder being mounted on the eccentric tube.

A sluice box is described comprising two walls, and a plurality of riffles. Riffles can have a first portion that extends below the bottom panel of a sluice box (or the bottom of a flow), and a second portion that extends above the bottom panel of a sluice box (or the bottom of a flow). By creating a catch in a riffle by having a portion of the riffle extend below a bottom panel of a sluice box, heavier minerals are not washed away as quickly, if at all, as with other sluices.

A gold panning assembly for vibrationally separating gold from dirt includes a pan that may receive a mixture of the dirt and the gold. A vibration unit is coupled to the pan. The vibration unit vibrates the pan such that the vibration unit urges the gold to separate from the dirt thereby facilitating the gold to be removed from the dirt.