Could something like this work? (homemade...everything)

[ZIRO]

So my idea was this:

Make an atomizer that uses the tension of the e-liquid to assist a self-filling e-liquid "injector".

What I thought is that if I could program a PIC chip to control a small servo motor to rotate an auger, I could automatically feed liquid into an atomizer. The atomizer would be somewhat like a syringe except that it is v-shaped, and open on the sides.

I was just thinking of this last night as I was going to sleep. I haven't even begun to design a circuit for it; it was just an idea. I wonder if it would work...?

Can anybody give me some feedback? I'd love to hear thoughts etc.

And if it's completely implausible, then I understand.

 

[kinabaloo]

So my idea was this:

Make an atomizer that uses the tension of the e-liquid to assist a self-filling e-liquid "injector".

What I thought is that if I could program a PIC chip to control a small servo motor to rotate an auger, I could automatically feed liquid into an atomizer. The atomizer would be somewhat like a syringe except that it is v-shaped, and open on the sides.

I was just thinking of this last night as I was going to sleep. I haven't even begun to design a circuit for it; it was just an idea. I wonder if it would work...?

Can anybody give me some feedback? I'd love to hear thoughts etc.

And if it's completely implausible, then I understand.

It's uncannily like an idea in my head too. I was thinking stepper motor plus gearing to attain minute control.

I have done some experiments on direct juice feed that bode very well for an arrangement like this. The coil would have a 5-6 mm tail of inner wick that leads into the juice feed tube.

btw, if Tinnear would consider an automated juice feed, it could be done something like this.

 

[kinabaloo]

Look up BubbleJet technology. It's the answer for this paradigm

ps: i estimate the volume per vape at about 0.01 ml.

 

[ZIRO]

all right I'll give it a look. Glad te hear that someone else is thinking about the same thing.

I was thinking stepper motor plus gearing to attain minute control.

Oops, that's what I was thinking of when I said servo.

 

[franklyspeaking]

Has anyone dissected a fog machine yet?

 

[ZIRO]

The following link explains and shows how a traditional fog machine works--



Howstuffworks


It's pretty much the same as an e-cig... just larger.