Distributor Xodis and 3D printer Aqua Print have teamed up to produce an aftermarket nozzle for theEcoTech VorTech MP40 propellor pump。Vortech泵的独特设计提供了一些最广泛的流动图案,尽管一小部分的礁石宁愿选择定向喷嘴的选择,以防止其Vortech在放置在地面太近或离地面时吮吸空气放置在靠近水箱的底部时,沙子移动。
流动总监通过在喷嘴插座内巧妙地使用倾斜的鳍来解决这个确切的问题。运行普通喷嘴,MP40流量宽且前向,但是将其换成流动导演喷嘴,而这些倾斜的鳍片将水降低到略微向下的轨迹。旋转流动导演的左右,然后将这些鳍朝左或向右旋转,或在泵的湿侧旋转180度,然后面对向上朝上以搅动水面。
Note the Flow Director is not a random flow generator and it doesn’t rotate flow on its own. You just set it to the angle you want it to push water and it will do that forever more. You can of course still control flow patterns via thepump’s controller or on the Mobius app。The Flow Director further adapts the stock nozzle inlet too, making the void spaces on the inlet smaller with the intention of doubling up as an anemone guard.
流总监是否限制流程?没有复杂的测试设备,我们不知道与库存生态技术喷嘴相比是否有很小的限制,但是我们当中的一小部分确实想知道ETM的家伙如何看待售后'Nem警卫that have gone before it and if they’re that good, why they haven’t made their own. A more focused nozzle should push water further across the tank, but is it actually moving exactly the same volume of water as before? We don’t know. Will the smaller inlets block more quickly and need more frequent cleaning?
If the Flow Director does start to sell in number we’d also like to see some investment in tooling to get the nozzle made with a better finish. The EcoTech VorTech is a premium wave pump, but the visible grooves and rougher finish of that 3D-printed plastic could be better refined through molding to improve both looks and possibly the hydrodynamics of what is otherwise a practical, clever, and cost-effective design.