Vacuum degassing chamber lid explosion.


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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. Smile
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Finnluxury
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I will take some photos tomorrow if I remember. The lid were shaped with router and then the hole were drilled. I use degassing chamber as catch pot, because it allows more resin to be suck out if need. Also the same chamber works for degassing job. One reason is also that I can use two different vacuum Gauge. Basic one and digital micron meter. I would never work anymore with just Glycerin filled vacuum Gauge. The micron meter is life changing product. My personal guess is that the hole has something to do with the happening. as 25mm thick acryl is quite strong. its either the polyester resin, or the drilling of the hole. or maybe both helps each other. Largest pieces of the lid were 1 meter away from the lid. Only smaller pieces were inside the lid. Also the resin were already cured before this happened, as the acrylic pieces were not glued in the resin, they were over the dry resin inside the chamber. I will check the pieces more carefully tomorrow. 
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