RE: Keeping PCA platform clean...

From: DANIEL CHARLES DAVIS (DANIEL@proton.com.my)
Date: Mon Jun 15 1998 - 07:53:06 EEST


Hello all,

We us a high tech solution to this problem -- tin foil!

Regards,
Dan Davis
Head, RP&M Division
PROTON Berhad
Hicom Industrial Estate
Batu Tiga, PO Box 7100
Shah Alam, 40918 Selangor MALAYSIA
+60 3 515-2380

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> From: Monica & Glenn
> Whiteside[SMTP:SiderWhite@worldnet.att.net]
> Reply To: Monica & Glenn Whiteside
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 3:08 PM
> To: Rapid Prototype Mailing List
> Subject: Keeping PCA platform clean...
> Importance: High
>
> Dear rp-ml:
>  
> Has anybody figured out a novel way to keep the rotating reflective
> sheet metal platform clean in the PCA's?  It looks like you can easily
> scratch and mar the surface if you try to scrape resin off of it and
> we'd like to keep it polished and clean to aid in curing our parts. 
> We are looking at using 1/8 in. thick tempered glass and laying it on
> the platform - the glass would be easy to clean and it still permits
> the reflection of UV from the polished base.  The glass will weigh
> about 14 lbs and I'm wondering how well it will rotate with this extra
> weight on the platform.  Any additional thoughts or ideas?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Glenn Whiteside
> Cessna Aircraft Co.
> e-mail: gwhiteside@cessna.textron.com
> <mailto:gwhiteside@cessna.textron.com>
>  
>

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