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Want to buy salt spray/fog chamber or get plans to build

     

+ RFQ: I am looking for a used salt spray corrosion test chamber. Small one would be fine. One dimension must be less than 35" to fit through door into test lab. Thank you. Dan H [last name deleted for privacy by Editor] - Rifton, New York   ^- Sorry! This RFQ is outdated -^

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RFQ: I in the same boat and was wondering if you had any luck? I have found several at the local resale shop but they need a lot of work.

Richard S [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- North Royalton, Ohio
  ^- Sorry! This RFQ is outdated -^

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Hi, Dan and Richard.

If the salt spray chamber vendors shown in the banner at the top of the page don't have what you need, please see our Classifieds, which usually include ads for used salt fog chambers from a number of companies specially in used metal finishing equipment. Good luck.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E. finishing.com Brick, New Jersey

Q. Need plans with dimensions and equipment B.O.M to build a Salt Spray Chamber. It can be a small unit measuring in at 1-2 cubic feet. If any one has that info or any info that can lead me to build-it-yourself unit, please let me know. Thank you.

Regards,

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A. Hi, José. I've been in this industry a long time, including employment with a salt spray cabinet manufacturer, and I've never heard of anyone building their own. But ASTM B-117 [link is to spec at TechStreet] is a starting point because salt spray chambers are of little value if they don't comply with their own intentions.

As an alternative, if you don't need compliance with specific standards, you might look into CAMRI testing as you could build such a test device very easily and inexpensively. Good luck!

Ted Mooney, P.E. finishing.com Brick, New Jersey

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Ed. note: Gary, Shakeel, the banner at the top of the page will lead you to manufacturers of salt spray cabinets who may have some units in stock. If not, please visit our "Classifieds" section for used equipment. Thanks.

I want to build my own salt spray cabinet also, and I think that a home made saline chamber is not impossible. We need some pictures and specifications in order to guide the construction. I am a Mechanical Engineering Student & I am developing a corrosion project, so I need it. Thanks for the information I hope that you will send more. regards

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It's certainly not impossible to build a salt spray cabinet, Luis. They are certainly far lower tech than an automobile or airplane. After you have ASTM B-117 [link is to spec at TechStreet] in hand, so you know what requirements the cabinet must achieve, you could take a shot at it. Still, experience is useful; when I was with a supplier we were still learning as we built our two thousandth chamber, and they've been building them for 25 years since. Much of what you see in the field is patented so you can't duplicate it anyway. If you just want an accelerated corrosion test for your corrosion project, please look into "CAMRI testing" (www.zinc-diecasting.info/zdc-PDF/SurfaceFinishes.pdf), as I think you may find that it is very very low tech, and it may not be the subject of any patents. Good luck with the project!

Ted Mooney, P.E. finishing.com Brick, New Jersey

Dear All,
we manufacture simple, small and cheap salt spray chambers in China, if you are interested. Thanks!

Davey Shaw Weice Testing Instrument Co., Ltd.    Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

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