Scale to usable periods

JH Jan 2020 jotter.

1GHz on the plates and magnet.

1E10 atoms/s

1E20 per minibot.

1E10 seconds.

Want 1 nanobot per second?

The factory unit takes clean feedstock.

For factory and refiner:

10 atomic distances minimum clearance.

1E-9m separation.

1E9 atoms per meter per head.

stream speed, 10m/s

1E10 atoms/second per head.

Small subset of isotopes will be mixing elements. Which? Is this problematic.

Table of bucket sizes.

200 buckets? - one for each isotope group.

2E-8m separation

4E-6m collector

by 2E-6m high

beam length to be determined

process: load, clip, beam, unclip, each clip to store, no need to unload.

We need to gather more than makes a clip or a fab during its lifetime.

I've no idea how to hold the charged plasma or, more likely, to make it on the fly before it enters the beam. Where does that localized heat come from?