Laminate Sample #10 in the Explore Composites! Materials Library:
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This panel is a hand laid / "open molded" epoxy and e-glass plate. The face plies are 6oz / 200g loose woven e-glass and the three middle plies are 12oz / 400g biaxial 'glass. Ply weights and orientation form a quasi-isotropic laminate balanced about the middle ply. The resin is Totalboat Fast 5:1 epoxy - very similar to WEST System.
The only method of consolidation here is the wet-out roller / bubble popper and lots of careful rolling. There's air in there but not so much that it isn't a representative example of what you might get if you built something this way. Peel ply helps keep resin from draining out of the lay-up and it gives a nice finished surface for the non-mold side.
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4 окт 2024
