Amicon Corporation keg

[good4whatAlesU]

Scored a freebie today - strange looking posts, not sure what to do with it?.



More details on the base, googled it and it looks like the company still exists.

 

[Grott]

Try and get some history from the company, may be interesting.

 

[n87]

Almost looks like an air fitting on 1 side and a compression fitting on the other.

 

[good4whatAlesU]

Bloke I got it from said it was used 15 years ago to spray bio-pesticides (e.g. Milk) on fruit trees.. Like an old fashioned pump spray pack.

If I can swap out the posts for ball locks it might work well as a beer keg (looks about 12 L)

 

[n87]

No idea, I do have an old rheeme ~10l keg that was re-purposed as a compressor expansion tank. Handy for topping up the tyres on the cars that are out the front.
I wouldnt even think of trying to convert it back.

 

[Mardoo]

You had me at pesticide! May or may not want to swap out the seals

 

[good4whatAlesU]

I'll check what the threads are and do a bit of googling to see if I can find parts.

Interesting bit of gear but if it's going to cost more than a new keg .. it might just be used as a spare fermentation chamber ..

Edit: After a very good clean out!

 

[Mardoo]

Be an interesting HEX housing.

 

[S.E]

Looks like it may convert to a horizontal stillage real ale cask easily. What size is the thread that is blanked off would it take a plastic cube/fermenter tap? If so vent through the compression fitting?

 

[good4whatAlesU]

Will check it out over the weekend

 

[good4whatAlesU]

The "in and out" threads seem about 8mm or 5/16 ... much smaller than the ball lock fittings on my kegking kegs.



The big blanked off port is a full inch.

 

[nosco]

I saw 4 of these on line for sale a little while back. I posted in the ebay thread i think.

 

[good4whatAlesU]

Cool, I wonder who picked them up?

I think this ball lock post from ibrew designed for a bulkhead will work, preferably using a 1/4 inch to 5/16 female thread connector (does such a thing exist?) and using existing port to save drilling new holes.

https://www.ibrew.com.au/products/ball-lock-post-with-bulkhead

Alternatively I could attach the ball lock via a hose to the existing threaded port - using two hose barbs with appropriate threads. ..

Either way I should get it running for around $50 (I think these kegs retailed for over $200) so that's a win.