From the course: Composite Design and Manufacturing 03: Validation and Production

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Curing part and removing part

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Curing part and removing part

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- [Instructor] So now that we've finished laying up all of our composite pieces for this push bike and that we've sealed the bag for the bagging process, we're now going to vacuum it. So now what we're going to do is we're going to vacuum out all of the air inside of that opening. And we're going to have the vacuum bag suck down and push against the outside surface of the push bike. Which is going to in turn push against the core which is in turn going to push against the other side of the composite structure and push against the mold itself. Now that's what's going to get us all of our compaction for this push bike. It's going to vacuum out all of the air from the process and it's also going to get us all of our compacted force to make sure that our layers adhere to each other really well and adhere to the core itself. Now, this is a prepreg system, so it is going to get heated. So we're going to be placing it now inside of our…

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