Build your own drink mixing robot

Re:Build your own drink mixing robot by markbao on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @01:39AM (#7803068)

Very cool! From a health perspective, has anyone looked into whether these homemade machines for food/drink are safe for consumption? I see that the tubing in the materials list is FDA-approved, but has there been any work done on the other stuff? And with alcohol specifically, are there any potential complications?

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Re:Build your own drink mixing robot by arm55 on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @01:43AM (#7803084)

One of the large benefits of peristaltic pumps is that the only thing that the liquid touches is the tube.

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Re:Build your own drink mixing robot by markbao on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @02:02AM (#7803136)

Ah, that's great. For those wondering how: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peristaltic_pump.gif

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Re:Build your own drink mixing robot by vacri on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @01:43AM (#7803081)

The liquid should not touch anything outside of the tubing or tubing interconnects, so it shouldn't matter so much if the parts don't meet FDA requirements.

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Re:Build your own drink mixing robot by zurn on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @04:03AM (#7803416)

It needs some kind of cleaning cycle (unless all your ingredients are hard liquor...)

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