After less than two weeks of use the plastic frame around the glass of my FMA starts to break up due to what I call would call corrosion cracks around the screws/bolts (see photos). I use Kami XSL 2001 mounting fluid exclusively in combination with melinex (aka mylar) foil, no tape.
The corrosion cracks have a typical appearance of tension stress corrosion cracks. These can be production related or chemically or thermo (warming up with long scans) induced.
To find out what is causing this I would like to know if there are other users of the Epson FMA who have experienced this problem.
My initial thought was that it might be caused by the presence of aromatic hydrocarbons in the scanning fluid causing the ABS polymers of the frame to swell and crack at the point where the rigid screws/bolts are inserted in the frame, because tension builds up there when the frame expands. Kami however has written to me there are no aromatic hydrocarbons present in their fluid. Exit that theory.
Epson is looking into the matter.
I would like to know:
- did anyone else here experience this or a similar problem?
- if so, did you (exclusively) use Kami fluid or not? I would like to rule the use of this particular fluid in or out as a possible cause. There might be some other issue here I do not yet understand?
I would really like to understand what is wrong here.
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