High Pressure Wood Stabilizing Chamber

High Pressure Wood Stabilizing Chamber

A BVV EXCLUSIVE! This is our high pressure wood stabilizing column that can perform rapid wood stabilization @ 1600 PSI (1.5" Diameter Tube) & 450 PSI (3"/ 6" Diameter Tube).  This extreme pressure makes the toughest woods easy to impregnate with wood stabilizer in as little as 15min.  Then its off to the oven for a quick cure and its finished.  The blanks in the photo, all 3 were stabilized and cured in less than 1 hour and 15 min, including cleanup. 

The system is simple.  Load your blanks into the column and fill no more than 75% with resin.  (make sure the blanks are submerged) Then close the system and turn on the pump set to desired psi.   

The overall goal is to overcome choke points withing the wood porosity.  The limits stabilizing wood overall depends on dryness and pore size. Obviously the wood must be as dry as possible however pore sizes have these choke points. There are essentially 4 choke points and the respective pressure to push through them 10 micron requires 1.45 psi. 1 micron requires 14.5 psi. 0.1 micron is 145 psi  and 0.01 micron is 1450 psi. This means for our system at 400psi respectively we can assume we can reach choke points as small as .36nm.

50 psi will saturate maple easily up to 92% hypothetically however 400psi will get it to 98%.

For oak with 50psi maximum saturation is 40% where as with 400psi we are at 70% hypothetically.

High Pressure Wood Stabilizing Manual with Assembly

The compressor you will need can be ordered from this site (GX Pumps Click This Link).  BVV does not yet carry the compressor for this system.  But our hose will connect directly to the compressor.

If the compressor is out of your reach a high pressure hand pump can be used. (GX Hand Pumps Click This Link)

The system comes with an installed safety pressure relief burst disk rated for 1800 PSI. (1.5" Diameter tubes)  & 450 PSI. (3"/ 6" Diameter tube) Should you exceed the pressure of the system the disk will rupture releasing pressure.  

What's Included

• Wood stabilizing manual *Coming soon for 3"/ 6" Diameter.
• Braided stainless steel hose 2500 psi rated.
• Main column, stand and top cap valve manifold assembled.
• Extra safety burst disk, for 1.5" Diameter Tube.  3"/ 6" Tubes self reset. 

BVV warranties the main column to be free from any defects for 1 year. All other individual components may hold separate warranty periods. BVV does not warranty any claims where resin has been released/backflowed into the manifold hose or valve.  Resin is water washable and should be cleaned after each use, especially if resin has accidentally backflowed into the manifold area.

In the case of oak maybe it would be best to pre vacuum impregnate then post-pressurize and you could raise the saturation even higher.  Every customer has had impressive results for their application.