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Pilot
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Plant
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Meeting
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Minutes
Spring 2009 Minutes
2-20-2009
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Accomplishments
- Developed and began construction of new baffle system
- 1/2"
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- PVC
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- which
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- is
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- already
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- at
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- the
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- lab
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- will
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- be
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- run
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- continuously
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- through
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- the
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- baffles
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- we
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- already
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- use
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- (after
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- holes
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- are
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- drilled
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- in
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- them).
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- Baffles
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- will
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- be
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- held
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- in
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- place
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- with
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- segments
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- of
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- reinforced
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- PVC
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- tubing
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- slit
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- spirally
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- lengthwise.
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- These
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- tubes
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- will
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- be
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- placed
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- over
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- the
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- PVC
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- pipe
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- to
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- hold
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- the
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- baffles
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- in
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- place
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- and
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- can
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- easily
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- be
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- removed
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- or
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- added
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- to
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- the
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- pipe.
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- Purchased
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- 6'
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- of
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- tubing
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- to
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- test
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- if
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- it
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- will
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- be
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- better
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- to
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- use
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- tubing
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- as
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- clamps
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- (put
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- small
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- segments
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- of
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- the
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- tubing
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- on
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- each
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- side
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- of
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- the
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- baffle)
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- or
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- as
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- spacers
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- (i.e.
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- fill
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- the
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- entire
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- space
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- between
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- consecutive
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- baffles
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- with
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- pieces
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- of
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- the
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- tubing)
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The
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- following
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- proposals
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- were
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- deemed
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- ineffective
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- after
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- deliberation
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- and
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- testing:
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- Built
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- mockup
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- of
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- proposed
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- new
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- baffle
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- system
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- using
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- 1/2"
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- PVC
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- pipe
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- and
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- rubber
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- O-rings
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- O-rings
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- slid
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- around
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- too
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- much
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- Planned
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- several
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- versions
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- for
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- the
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- actual
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- baffle
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- design
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- (speced
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- out
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- components,
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- priced
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- out
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- online)
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- 1/4"
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- stainless
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- steel
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- pipe:
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- $10/6
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- ft
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- from
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- McMasterCarr
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- Will
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- need
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- 4
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- pipes/channel
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- Tygon
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- tubing
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- (~$1.50/ft)
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- to
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- be
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- used
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- as
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- sleeve
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- around
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- the
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- pipe
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- the
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- keep
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- clamps
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- tight
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- Potentially
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- using
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- spring
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- clamps
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- ($13/100
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- clamps)
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- Potentially
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- using
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- Nitrile
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- O-rings
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- $8/pk
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- of
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- 100
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- O-rings
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- Couldn't
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- have
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- O-rings
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- on
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- threaded
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- beucase
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- they'd
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- eventually
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- break
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- and
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- entire
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- system
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- would
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- need
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- to
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- be
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- dissembled
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- to
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- replace
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- Couldn't
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- have
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- nuts
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- because
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- of
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- length
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- of
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- time
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- to
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- change
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- spacing
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- and
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- in
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- case
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- the
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- nuts
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- ever
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- became
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- chewed
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- out
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- or
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- are
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- unable
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- to
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- be
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- moved
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Outcomes
- Have final design for the baffle system
- Obtained materials, began construction
- Will be retrieving rest of current baffle system from the pilot plant and drilling holes in baffles and starting construction of new system.
Issues
- We need to clamp or use a drill press to drill the holes in the baffles so they line up
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