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Re: resin pump problems [was: electronic scales]

Subject: Re: resin pump problems [was: electronic scales]
From: Tim Ward <ward.t@xtra.co.nz>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 13:52:19

Rowland,
Check your hardener delivery tube has not cracked at the top bend and
allowed air into the top of the tube. This happened to me once so
replace the tube which is easy to do.PVC
Replace the hardener tube once a year for this reason.
Cheers,
Tim


Rowland & Wilma Carson wrote:
> 
> 
> >Problems I have found are:
> >bubble in the hardener line - normal
> 
> Normal? Que? How often is this happening? What percentage of the
> stuff are you wasting in clearing bubbles? And couldn't you pump into
> separate containers while clearing the lines so you could decant each
> component back into its reservoir?
> 
> Do you know how the bubbles get there? Is it because the feed
> container level gets too low and air bubbles are sucked in? Or is the
> hardener more liable to develop bubbles when pouring, which then
> refuse to float out?
> 
> And how big a bubble are we talking about? Does it fill the
> cross-section of the delivery pipe, for instance?
> 
> Thanks for any answers you can offer.
> 
> regards
> 
> Rowland
> 
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