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polycarbonate tubes containing LED strips cracking, suspect solvent fumes
hi again The sculpture is being assembled in Adelaide (South Australia) where it will be installed whereas I live in Sydney. So unfortunately it is not so easy for me to send samples (but perhaps eventually). I'm embedding some different pictures of the cracking below that confirm some of the...- gonkin
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- Forum: Polymer engineering
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polycarbonate tubes containing LED strips cracking, suspect solvent fumes
many thanks for all of your replies! rickfischer51 Because the tubes are >3m they were manufactured specifically for this project - so they are definitely from the same batch. We are communicating with the supplier (dotmar.com.au) about possible issues in the manufacturing process. The...- gonkin
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- Forum: Polymer engineering
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polycarbonate tubes containing LED strips cracking, suspect solvent fumes
Hi, I'm an Australian artist who is working on a fairly large scale light sculpture. We have had a problem that I would like to seek input on from this forum. The main component of the sculpture consists of a 5x5 grid of 5m PC tubes, each of which contain two back to back LED strips. After we...- gonkin
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