adhd_nerd
Active Member
I needed a liquid food stirrer for an automatic feeder I am working on. This stirrer will be inside a fridge/cooler. Most of what I have seen out there are magnetic stirrers; which in my experience has not worked exceptionally well for thicker liquid food with larger food particles.
The design of this stirrer is to slowly turn the container vs turning the "mixer blade." The mixer blade will be fixed. I also wanted the stirrer shaft to function as the tube to extract the food with the dosing pump (Neptune DoS or GHL Max). So shaft cannot turn. I think this will only work for thicker liquid food with less water. In the video below the blade turns, because I have not glued blade to acrylic tubing.
The motor is a high torque, low RPM (30) gear-head motor (choose 12VDC or 24VDC). You can find these on Amazon for about $16.00. You will also need a power supply. If you are using 1Link module, you can power from the accessory port (24VDC). I will be "triggering" these with the output from the GHL stirrer ports. I would not connect directly to stirrer ports since I do not know how much current stirrer ports will support. I will post the circuit I plan on using later to trigger these stirrers.
All the different plastic pieces are 3D printed.
(1) Gear head motor
(2) 12/24VDC power supply
(3) 16Oz. Condiment container
(4) 3/8" OD acrylic tubing for stirrer blade
(5) Female DC power plug
The design of this stirrer is to slowly turn the container vs turning the "mixer blade." The mixer blade will be fixed. I also wanted the stirrer shaft to function as the tube to extract the food with the dosing pump (Neptune DoS or GHL Max). So shaft cannot turn. I think this will only work for thicker liquid food with less water. In the video below the blade turns, because I have not glued blade to acrylic tubing.
The motor is a high torque, low RPM (30) gear-head motor (choose 12VDC or 24VDC). You can find these on Amazon for about $16.00. You will also need a power supply. If you are using 1Link module, you can power from the accessory port (24VDC). I will be "triggering" these with the output from the GHL stirrer ports. I would not connect directly to stirrer ports since I do not know how much current stirrer ports will support. I will post the circuit I plan on using later to trigger these stirrers.
All the different plastic pieces are 3D printed.
(1) Gear head motor
(2) 12/24VDC power supply
(3) 16Oz. Condiment container
(4) 3/8" OD acrylic tubing for stirrer blade
(5) Female DC power plug
