From the course: Introduction to Composite Manufacturing
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Layup process
- [Instructor] The layup process depends upon the manufacturing methods that you're going to use to make your composite but pretty much all composite manufacturing methods have certain characteristics that are common. First is the tooling preparation. You have to prepare the surfaces of the tool to ensure that you have the desired finish and disassembly without damage to the final layup of the composite part. The tool mold that will contain the desired shape of the finished part should be smooth. If you're using a vacuum bag, we will have one external smooth surface. Again, that's the surface that's touching the tool and the back surface which will have the vacuum bags applied to it will be rough. Then we have the actual layup process. The layup process is applying all of the plies at the defined orientation specified by engineering into the tool. So once the tool is prepped you put in your first ply, then you lay up your…
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