cavx
Master Member
Last year my vacuum chamber was damaged and although it was repaired just never seemed to work as well as it did. I had been wanting a larger diameter chamber for a while so decided to pull the trigger on this.
The idea of this was dual purpose where this rig will serve as a degassing system as well as the chamber for the female tooled vacuum former.
I decided to route the plumbing through the bottom this time so I can lay the chamber on it's side.
The last chamber was 500mm tall and 250mm OD with a 6mm wall. This one is 350mm tall and 300mm ID. Volume is smaller but allows bigger parts to fit inside.
First pic is looking into the chamber. I am using the old gasket and lid so need to trim out the gasket.
2nd picture shows that a 4 litre ice cream container fits with room to spare.
3rd picture is of the plumbing. Ugly but it works. I also added a filter to the repressurizstion inlet.
4th pic is the 9cmf vacuum pump.
5th picture is a connection that failed. I had spend $120 and $150 on the two hoses I have and felt a bit ripped off when I found this hose for just $10. You really do get what you pay for [emoji14]
6th image is proof it pulls out all the bubbles. I think the mixing cup had something in it and why there is some white parts in the part on the left. I don't care about that. I just needed to know that this chamber and new plumbing would actually reach a pull of 30"Hg.
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The idea of this was dual purpose where this rig will serve as a degassing system as well as the chamber for the female tooled vacuum former.
I decided to route the plumbing through the bottom this time so I can lay the chamber on it's side.
The last chamber was 500mm tall and 250mm OD with a 6mm wall. This one is 350mm tall and 300mm ID. Volume is smaller but allows bigger parts to fit inside.
First pic is looking into the chamber. I am using the old gasket and lid so need to trim out the gasket.
2nd picture shows that a 4 litre ice cream container fits with room to spare.
3rd picture is of the plumbing. Ugly but it works. I also added a filter to the repressurizstion inlet.
4th pic is the 9cmf vacuum pump.
5th picture is a connection that failed. I had spend $120 and $150 on the two hoses I have and felt a bit ripped off when I found this hose for just $10. You really do get what you pay for [emoji14]
6th image is proof it pulls out all the bubbles. I think the mixing cup had something in it and why there is some white parts in the part on the left. I don't care about that. I just needed to know that this chamber and new plumbing would actually reach a pull of 30"Hg.
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