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Finnluxury
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Hi.
Last night happened something really weird. I use EC 26L professional vacuum degassing chamber as a resin catch pot (resin trap). So I have 25mm clear acrylic lid, where i have a hole for resin to go inside the chamber. So the weird thing goes like this:
I resin infused a carbon fiber front fender just like I normally do. This time only different were that I used IP2 infusion polyester resin instead of Epoxy that i didn't have at the moment. Infusion went very well like usually. I closed the hoses, closed the pump and leaved the part cure over night. When I came back to the warehouse, I saw that the Acrylic lid were missing from the chamber. When I looked more closely there were Acrylic pcs all over the ware house, and 4 bigger parts of the lid. Clearly somekind of explosion have happened during the night. I am usually very carefull to not leave too much resin in the resin trap, that it will not start to gain heat. I even leaved the vacuum to the chamber, so there is no oxygen that the resin could start a fire, and only around 6mm of resin were in the bottom of the chamber. So I am wondering what have happened? I dont believe that the 6mm of polyester have gained heat so much that it would made over pressure and this would happend. Also I dont believe that the vacuum can make the acrylic lid to get broken. I am wondering that maybe the hole middle of the lid for the vacuum hose have something to do with this. Just wanted to share what happened, and maybe someone could have idea what have happened.
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Vacuum degassing chamber lid explosion.
Finnluxury
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8 Years Ago
On the larger sections of lid that you found, is there any evidence of crazy cracking on the surface...
SkiFreak
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8 Years Ago
Well that's odd... Especially because in the event of failure under vacuum, you would normally...
Hanaldo
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8 Years Ago
Hi Finnluxury, Was this the catch pot or the degassing chamber as only the catch pot comes with a...
Warren (Staff)
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8 Years Ago
You should really pick up and collect all the pieces of the Acrylic lid, at take a few pictures .....
Dravis
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8 Years Ago
It's a common mistake that an implosion does not lead to broken prices flying away from the center....
oekmont
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8 Years Ago
[quote][b]oekmont (20/06/2017)[/b][hr]It's a common mistake that an implosion does not lead to...
Hanaldo
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8 Years Ago
I will take some photos tomorrow if I remember. The lid were shaped with router and then the hole...
Finnluxury
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8 Years Ago
So it was your own design lid? I guess a stress fracture is possible depending on the holes.
Warren (Staff)
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8 Years Ago
Actually 1 Ato "overpressure" will create a significant force on the acrylic lid .. You could...
Dravis
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8 Years Ago
I understand how strong the atmosphere is, but consistent pressure doesn't necessarily mean rapid...
Hanaldo
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8 Years Ago
Pressure multiplied by area results in force. Force (without an opposing force (lid failure))...
oekmont
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8 Years Ago
I was wondering why you need such an immense resin trap. Even if I am infusing a whole seven-style...
oekmont
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8 Years Ago
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