DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE OF THE MUCIN LED-EXTRACTOR

The paper presents the design and technological solutions adopted during the development and manufacture of an experimental prototype of an LED-extractor of a biologically active substance used in the production of medicines and cosmetics. The solutions are based on the use of LED radiation in the visible range of the spectrum as a way to stimulate living organisms - mollusks - to secrete mucin. The solutions consist in the development of the design and manufacturing technology of the extraction elements of the device using the FDM-printing method, which achieves the necessary geometry, texture and quality of the extraction surfaces (ribbing, grain, roughness), as well as the use of a programmable controller and a control program that allows you to identify the most productive mode of light exposure to donor organisms. The solutions make it possible to increase the productivity of secret extraction without causing injury to animals, thereby ensuring multiple extraction over the life of the latter.