Expansion and refinement of out-of-autoclave curing/consolidation methods for advanced composites
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Authors
Malek, Paul Vincent
Issue Date
2013-12
Type
Electronic thesis
Thesis
Thesis
Language
ENG
Keywords
Mechanical engineering
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Abstract
Specialized Elastomeric Tooling (SET) technology, a patented process, has been shown to effectively replicate properties of composite parts formed by autoclaving while reducing the necessary energy, cost and waste by orders of magnitude. The process involves using a heated tool mold and insulative mold covered with an algorithm-generated elastomeric mask to ensure uniform temperature and pressure in a highly localized consolidation and curing process for advanced composite parts. SET was invented to help answer the high demand for out-of-autoclave curing and consolidation processes for advanced composite materials.
Description
December 2013
School of Engineering
School of Engineering
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Publisher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY