Vacuum handling - Revision history

Apm: Category:Far term target

2026-03-29T19:09:54Z

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	* '''[https://www.flickr.com/photos/65091269@N08/20787742264/ The mechanism animated.]'''		* '''[https://www.flickr.com/photos/65091269@N08/20787742264/ The mechanism animated.]'''
	* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/65091269@N08/20788851973/ Screencap of the mechanism.]		* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/65091269@N08/20788851973/ Screencap of the mechanism.]

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2025-11-29T09:05:31Z

Locking (arbitrary shaped) parts out

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	This is about creating and maintaining vacua in advanced gemstone based productive nanosystems like [[Nanofactory\|nanofartories]].		This is about creating and maintaining vacua in advanced gemstone based productive nanosystems like [[Nanofactory\|nanofartories]].

	== Locking (arbitrary shaped) parts out ==		== Locking (arbitrary shaped) parts out ("zero backflow vacuum lockout") ==

	At some place in the [[assembly levels]] (above Level II) '''products''' or fractions of them '''need to be locked out''' out of the vacuum area while keeping the interior perfectly gas free. This can be done with two pistons like depicted below.		At some place in the [[assembly levels]] (above Level II) '''products''' or fractions of them '''need to be locked out''' out of the vacuum area while keeping the interior perfectly gas free. This can be done with two pistons like depicted below.

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2023-10-18T09:56:32Z

External links: bold

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	On Flickr:		On Flickr:
	* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/65091269@N08/20787742264/ The mechanism animated].		* '''[https://www.flickr.com/photos/65091269@N08/20787742264/ The mechanism animated.]'''
	* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/65091269@N08/20788851973/ Screencap of the mechanism.]		* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/65091269@N08/20788851973/ Screencap of the mechanism.]

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2023-10-18T09:56:11Z

added == External links ==

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	* [[Clean room lockout]]		* [[Clean room lockout]]
	* [[Practically perfect vacuum]]		* [[Practically perfect vacuum]]

			== External links ==

			On Flickr:
			* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/65091269@N08/20787742264/ The mechanism animated].
			* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/65091269@N08/20788851973/ Screencap of the mechanism.]

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2021-03-26T15:47:41Z

Related: added link to page: Practically perfect vacuum

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	* [[Clean room lockout]]		* [[Clean room lockout]]
			* [[Practically perfect vacuum]]

Apm: added link to yet unwritten page Clean room lockout

2017-08-19T13:06:14Z

added link to yet unwritten page Clean room lockout

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	* extruding a cuboid out of a cuboid - this was an idea for assembler self replication - Nanosystems: Figure 14.6. & KSRM ...		* extruding a cuboid out of a cuboid - this was an idea for assembler self replication - Nanosystems: Figure 14.6. & KSRM ...
	* usage of some noble gas instead of vacuum to blow up non-stiff enclosures		* usage of some noble gas instead of vacuum to blow up non-stiff enclosures

			== Related ==

			* [[Clean room lockout]]

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2017-04-05T17:29:44Z

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	This is about creating and maintaining vacua in [[~~Technology Level III~~]].		This is about creating and maintaining vacua in advanced gemstone based productive nanosystems like [[Nanofactory\|nanofartories]].

	== Locking (arbitrary shaped) parts out ==		== Locking (arbitrary shaped) parts out ==

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2015-03-03T19:22:09Z

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	To get the parts through the airlock at some point one has to let go of the parts.		To get the parts through the airlock at some point one has to let go of the parts.
	To keep the parts in [[machine phase]] one can designed them to have three surfaces normal to each other at their outermost positions (red lines in graphic) so they stick in a corner by Van der Waals forces. Alternately for parts filling almost the whole chamber conical re-centering could be used to get the parts back into [[machine phase]].		To keep the parts in [[machine phase]] one can designed them to have three surfaces normal to each other at their outermost positions (red lines in graphic) so they stick in a corner by Van der Waals forces. Alternately for parts filling almost the whole chamber conical re-centering could be used to get the parts back into [[machine phase]].
			Truncated octahedral shaped [[microcomponents]] with flat square faces and possibly interlocking hexagonal faces would e.g. be easy to lock out.

	[[File:Single-cycle-export-airlock.png\|A method to lock out passivated parts into non-vacuum-areas that keeps the internal vacuum completely intact. Only export of parts is possible here. To import parts for tuning/repair/recycling an other method has to be used.]]		[[File:Single-cycle-export-airlock.png\|A method to lock out passivated parts into non-vacuum-areas that keeps the internal vacuum completely intact. Only export of parts is possible here. To import parts for tuning/repair/recycling an other method has to be used.]]

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2015-02-22T08:58:32Z

Locking in

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	A direct assembly design that supports it could be split at any perceivable ratio.		A direct assembly design that supports it could be split at any perceivable ratio.

	== Locking in ==		== Locking (arbitrary shaped) parts in ==

	It is '''more difficult''' to '''lock in''' parts. This '''reverse direction isn't a necessity''' for t.level III APM with its [[mechanosynthesis]] done in vacuum. A lot [[recycling]] can probably be done with passivated [[microcomponents]] in a non vacuum environment.		It is '''more difficult''' to '''lock in''' parts. This '''reverse direction isn't a necessity''' for t.level III APM with its [[mechanosynthesis]] done in vacuum. A lot [[recycling]] can probably be done with passivated [[microcomponents]] in a non vacuum environment.

Apm: /* Locking out */

2015-02-22T08:57:59Z

Locking out

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	This is about creating and maintaining vacua in [[Technology Level III]].		This is about creating and maintaining vacua in [[Technology Level III]].

	== Locking out ==		== Locking (arbitrary shaped) parts out ==

	At some place in the [[assembly levels]] (above Level II) '''products''' or fractions of them '''need to be locked out''' out of the vacuum area while keeping the interior perfectly gas free. This can be done with two pistons like depicted below.		At some place in the [[assembly levels]] (above Level II) '''products''' or fractions of them '''need to be locked out''' out of the vacuum area while keeping the interior perfectly gas free. This can be done with two pistons like depicted below.