A vacuum oven system configured to dry a first material treated with at least one hazardous material, the vacuum having a rear portion and a front portion, the rear portion extending horizontally from a rear face of the vacuum oven to an intermediate location and the front portion extending horizontally from the intermediate position to a front face of the vacuum oven, the vacuum oven comprising:
- an inner cavity configured for holding the first material treated with the at least one hazardous material;
- an electrically powered heating element configured to heat the inner cavity, the heating element being joined to an outer surface of the housing and being located in the front portion of the vacuum oven;
- piping in fluid communication with the inner cavity and configured to lead from the inner cavity to an electrically powered vacuum pump configured to lower pressure within the inner cavity;
- a front door covering the front face vacuum oven;
- a back door covering the rear face of the vacuum oven;
- an electrical apparatus located in the front portion, the electrical apparatus being electrically connected to the heating element and configured to be electrically connected to the vacuum pump, the electrical apparatus comprising an electrically powered control panel configured to receive from a user an input to operate the heating element and the vacuum pump and configured to operate the heating element and the vacuum pump according to the input;
- wherein:
- the control panel is configured to control an operation of the vacuum pump and comprises a first valve configured to controlling air flow through the piping from the inner cavity to the vacuum pump and a second valve configure to control air flow from an external environment into the inner cavity;
- the vacuum oven is configured to be embedded in a wall separating a manufacturing room configured according to safety standards to hold the at least one hazardous material and a holding room, wherein the front portion is configured to fully extend into the holding room and the rear portion at least partially extends into the manufacturing room;
- the vacuum oven is configured to receive the first material treated with the at least one hazardous material from the manufacturing room via the back door;
- when both the front door and the back door are closed, the heating element is configured to be controlled by the user via the control panel to raise a temperature of the inner cavity, the vacuum pump is configured to be controlled by the user via the control panel to lower the pressure within the inner cavity, the first valve is configured to be opened to allow air flow from the inner cavity to the vacuum pump, and the second valve is closed to prevent air flow from the external environment to the inner cavity, such that to the pressure within the inner cavity is lower than a vapor pressure of the hazardous material at the temperature of the inner cavity, thereby vaporizing the hazardous material, the vacuum pump being further configured to lead a vapor of the hazardous material out of the inner cavity, thereby removing at least some of the hazardous material from the first material and from the inner cavity and reducing a concentration of the vapor of the hazardous material below a predetermined ignitable concentration;
- the front door is configured to be opened from the holding room for removing the first material from the inner cavity following removal of the at least one hazardous material from the first material;
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- no electrical components of the vacuum oven extend to the rear portion.