Faulty Resin VAT/Tray?

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Faulty Resin VAT/Tray?

Postby OpedHead » Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:42 am

Both of my VATs are degrading by themselves. Notice how there is swelling around the orange plastic section. It seems to first swell, then crack later. Is anyone else having this problem?

I haven't dropped or mis used them in anyway, I have gone over my procedures with the reseller before, nor have I over tightened the screws so I am assuming mine are faulty?

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Re: Faulty Resin VAT/Tray?

Postby Mikkopee » Wed Jun 17, 2020 12:53 pm

Have you cleaned it using IPA?
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Re: Faulty Resin VAT/Tray?

Postby mongerdesigns » Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:34 pm

Some resins can cause the acrylic to crack. We recommend the aluminum vat for reactive resins.
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Re: Faulty Resin VAT/Tray?

Postby OpedHead » Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:22 am

mongerdesigns wrote:Some resins can cause the acrylic to crack. We recommend the aluminum vat for reactive resins.


This happened from the emeral green I was supplied when I purchased the printer. Does this happen to most people?

Mikkopee wrote:Have you cleaned it using IPA?


As little as possible to avoid getting it on the film
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Re: Faulty Resin VAT/Tray?

Postby rkundla » Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:24 pm

I had some nasty resin on a different brand DLP printer with an acrylic vat that actually started to soften the acrylic and even start to 'melt' in places.

I thought there was some talk on cast versus extruded acrylic resistance to IPA, but the damage sometimes doesn't show up for a while after the exposure.

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