From the course: Introduction to Composite Manufacturing
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Autoclave: Elevated temp and pressure
From the course: Introduction to Composite Manufacturing
Autoclave: Elevated temp and pressure
- [Instructor] An autoclave system allows a complex chemical reaction to occur inside a pressure vessel according to a specified time, temperature and pressure profile in order to process a variety of materials. Autoclaves that are operated at lower temperatures and pressures can be pressurized by your air around you. But, if you're going into high temperatures and high pressures it's going to require that you have a cure cycle that is possibly a 50, 50 mixture of air and nitrogen or even a hundred percent nitrogen. Again, depending upon the resin, the temperature, and your cure cycle. The major elements of an autoclave system are vessel to contain the pressure, sources to heat the gas stream and circulate it uniformly within the vessel, a sub system to apply vacuum to parts covered in a vacuum bag, a sub system to control operating parameters and an additional subsystem to load the molds into the autoclave. So…
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