The DS-26P Professional Vacuum Degassing System from Easy Composites is
a turn-key degassing system engineered to offer the highest possible performance
and reliability. It's fully integrated design provides a compact footprint,
valveless start/stop operation and extremely fast vacuum pulldown.
Watch this video to learn more about the system's performance and features,
suitability for different applications and basic operating instructions.
This is the DS-26P Professional Vacuum Degassing System. This is a high
quality system designed with the professional user in mind and as such
it's got the performance, reliability and features that you would expect from a
piece of industrial quality equipment. As you can see the system is fully
integrated with the chamber and the vacuum pump both securely fixed to the
system's base. The pump is on anti-vibration mounts and the system itself
is on rubber feet to further reduce noise and prevent it from moving around.
The powerplant for the system is this high-performance EC.20 Vacuum Pump
which is manufactured in Italy by DVP and is about as well-made and reliable
as vacuum pumps get. The degassing chamber itself has an
internal capacity of 26 litres making it suitable for degassing materials like
resins in quantities of around about 10 litres at a time or more expansive
materials like silicones at around about 5 litres at a time. This glycerine filled
gauge shows the vacuum level inside the chamber and this single valve on the
side here is used to let air back into the chamber. The pump is connected to the
chamber by this large diameter vacuum hose and fittings for maximum performance.
This clear acrylic lid provides fantastic visibility into the chamber,
it's got a handle allowing it to be easily lifted on and off, and the handle
can also be used to store the lid on the back of the chamber whilst loading
and unloading. The system itself is incredibly easy to use thanks to the non-return valve
that's built into the vacuum pump there are no valves to open and close
manually between the pump and the chamber and this also means there's
no risk of accidentally damaging the pump by switching it off while a valve is
left open. To ensure materials are degassed as quickly as possible this
vacuum pump has been optimised to reach high vacuum levels very very quickly and
that together with other features such as the large diameter hose and fittings
does mean that the chamber is down at 99% vacuum in around about 35 seconds
which is quite remarkable. Another great feature of the EC.20 pump
used in this system is this oil mist separator which filters and recovers oil
mist emitted by the pump during operation. As a result in normal
operation negligible oil vapor should be emitted into the room, so it makes it
ideal for using this system in more sensitive environments such as schools,
labs and more confined workshops. Using the system could not be simpler if you
have purchased one of these then we would always suggest reading the user
guide before use but the basic setup and operation is as follows; when you first
receive the system it will require some simple assembly to fit the chamber and
the pump to the base plate and also secure the various vacuum fittings,
so follow the instructions that come with the system to do that. Once it's
assembled one very important thing that you will need to do is to fill the pump
with oil when it's shipped to you from new it won't have any oil in it,
so using an allen key to open the filler and then we're just going to fill the
pump with the oil that's supplied so that we get to the halfway point on the
sight glass. Because the EC.20 has this oil mist separator and recovery
system it uses very little oil so you'll only need to top up the oil very
infrequently. Connect the vacuum pump to your mains supply using the power lead
included. Start by lifting the lid off the chamber and we can hang the lid on
the back while we load the material. Having mixed your casting resin or
silicone load the material into the degassing chamber and replace the lid.
Remember if you're using materials like silicone then they're going to expand
considerably when you degas them so make sure you're using a container
that's considerably larger. Make sure that the air inlet valve is closed which
means it's at right angles to the chamber. To start degassing simply switch the
vacuum pump on, as soon as you do you'll see the vacuum gauge on the front of the
chamber move showing that the air pressure is dropping inside the chamber
sometimes you might need to press lightly on the lid to make the initial
seal. Different materials will take different amounts of time to degas,
in the case of an RTV silicone like this it will take a few minutes whilst the
material expands and expands until it reaches a point where it will self
collapse after this collapse the majority of the degassing has occurred
but if you can still see bubbles coming out of the material then some degassing
is still happening and you may choose to wait longer. In any case it's essential
that you stop degassing and use the material whilst it is still comfortably
inside it's pot life or working time. To stop the degassing process switch off
the vacuum pump and then open the air inlet valve to let air back into the
chamber, the chamber is fitted with a filter on this inlet to prevent dust and
dirt being sucked into the chamber and you can control the flow to prevent too
much disturbance. Once the chamber is back up to normal pressure you can
remove the lid and remove the material. It's a good idea to close the inlet
valve now ready for your next run. The vacuum pump runs on a 240 volt mains
supply so if you don't have a 220 to 240 volt power supply in your country
then this pump won't be suitable. For countries where you do have a 240 volts
mains supply then the system is available with a choice of power leads. Make sure
you choose the right lead for your region at the time of ordering.
This whole system is so well designed and built that it should provide years of
trouble-free service even in the busiest of workshop environments however because
it's built by easy composites here in the UK if you do need any spares
whatsoever from common parts such as the lid or replacement seals through to any
other nut or bolt on the whole system then we can certainly provide that for you.
So I hope this video has given you a nice introduction to the system,
the performance and the quality of the system, but if you have any other
questions whatsoever then please get in touch with our technical sales team and
we'd be happy to help