Examples of Products Made Using Different Manufacturing Techniques 7 FIGURE 1.3(a)A composite pultruded connector. Figure 1.3(a)shows a component made using pultrusion.Pultrusion is used to make many structures for civil engineering applications.Figure 1.3(b)shows the schematic of the pultrusion process,and Figure 1.3(c) shows a photograph of a lab scale pultrusion machine.Pultrusion will be discussed in Chapter 6. Figure 1.4(a)shows a composite component made using the liquid composite molding (LCM)method(5 piece).LCM has been used to make automobile composite components.Figure 1.4(b)shows a sche- matic of the liquid composite molding process and Figure 1.4(c)shows a pump,a mold and accessories for the liquid composite molding hard- ware.Liquid composite molding will be discussed in Chapter 7. ROVING RESIN BATH CONTINUOUS MAT PULLER MANDREL -PREFORMING DIES- RESIN BATH HEATED DIE CONTINUOUS MAT FIGURE 1.3(b)Schematic of the pultrusion process(courtesy of Springer)
Figure 1.3(a) shows a component made using pultrusion. Pultrusion is used to make many structures for civil engineering applications. Figure 1.3(b) shows the schematic of the pultrusion process, and Figure 1.3(c) shows a photograph of a lab scale pultrusion machine. Pultrusion will be discussed in Chapter 6. Figure 1.4(a) shows a composite component made using the liquid composite molding (LCM) method (5 piece). LCM has been used to make automobile composite components. Figure 1.4(b) shows a schematic of the liquid composite molding process and Figure 1.4(c) shows a pump, a mold and accessories for the liquid composite molding hardware. Liquid composite molding will be discussed in Chapter 7. Examples of Products Made Using Different Manufacturing Techniques 7 FIGURE 1.3(a) A composite pultruded connector. FIGURE 1.3(b) Schematic of the pultrusion process (courtesy of Springer)
Pultrusion FIGURE 1.3(c)A lab pultrusion machine. FIGURE 1.4(a)A curved piece made by Liquid Composite Molding (LCM)method. 8
8 FIGURE 1.3(c) A lab pultrusion machine. FIGURE 1.4(a) A curved piece made by Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) method
Injection Tool Ratio Control De-mold Cure Preform Resin FIGURE 1.4(b)Schematic of the liquid composite molding process. BE CAREFUL RTM Injector FIGURE 1.4(c)Instrumentation for LCM:pump,mold and accessories.Resin is filled into the vertical cylinder,then pumped into the mold cavity on the left-hand side. 9
9 FIGURE 1.4(b) Schematic of the liquid composite molding process. FIGURE 1.4(c) Instrumentation for LCM: pump, mold and accessories. Resin is filled into the vertical cylinder, then pumped into the mold cavity on the left-hand side
10 INTRODUCTION FIGURE 1.5(a)A thermoplastic composite wing box panel made by compression molding. Figure 1.5(a)shows a composite wing box panel made using thermo- plastic composites and compression molding method.Figure 1.5(b) shows the schematic for the thermoplastic composite molding process. Figure 1.5(c)shows a compression molding machine.Molding of ther- moplastic composites will be discussed in Chapter 8. Compression molding Female cavity Male mold Male mold on the bottom Female mold on the bottom FIGURE 1.5(b)Schematic of the thermoplastic composite molding process
Figure 1.5(a) shows a composite wing box panel made using thermoplastic composites and compression molding method. Figure 1.5(b) shows the schematic for the thermoplastic composite molding process. Figure 1.5(c) shows a compression molding machine. Molding of thermoplastic composites will be discussed in Chapter 8. 10 INTRODUCTION FIGURE 1.5(a) A thermoplastic composite wing box panel made by compression molding. FIGURE 1.5(b) Schematic of the thermoplastic composite molding process
Examples of Products Made Using Different Manufacturing Techniques 11 FIGURE 1.5(c)A compression molding machine. Figure 1.6(a)shows a thermoplastic composite tube made by the fiber placement process.Figure 1.6(b)shows the schematic of the thermoplas- tic composite placement process,and Figure 1.6(c)shows a photograph of a fiber placement machine.Fiber placement of thermoplastic compos- ites will be discussed in Chapter 8. FIGURE 1.6(a)A thermoplastic composite tube made by the fiber placement process
Figure 1.6(a) shows a thermoplastic composite tube made by the fiber placement process. Figure 1.6(b) shows the schematic of the thermoplastic composite placement process, and Figure 1.6(c) shows a photograph of a fiber placement machine. Fiber placement of thermoplastic composites will be discussed in Chapter 8. Examples of Products Made Using Different Manufacturing Techniques 11 FIGURE 1.5(c) A compression molding machine. FIGURE 1.6(a) A thermoplastic composite tube made by the fiber placement process