Bridg Case Study

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To achieve complete infusion, resin must be pulled to all corners of the laminate. Due to the setup of the infusion from one end of the laminate, the spiral tubing is placed on the edges of the mould so as to allow the resin to enter and leave the tube through the tube length.

1.2.2.4.5 Setup of the vacuum bag and resin feed line attachment
Once all the material and tube line have been setup in the mould, the following action is to place the vacuum bag over the top of the mould. When cutting the size of the bag one needs to be careful, the bag needs to be big enough to allow additional pleats. The pleats should not be to big, this can result in resin pulling or incorrect infusion of the part (Hopper, 2003). Pleats provide excess bag for areas such as the corners or edges of the part and also where the vacuum and resin tubes are placed. If there is not enough bag then bridging could occur, which is when the bag is stretched across the corner. Bridging can stretch or break the bag as a vacuum is applied to the cavity, and also if the bridge is left in place the resin that will be infused will fill the cavity and create resin fillets on the edge of the part. This will change the dimensions of the part and could result in the part being thrown. Hence the bag should conform completely to the …show more content…

Once the bag is in place and the dry run is in progress, then the vacuum is checked whether it is operating between 75 to 80% vacuum. If the vacuum is less than 60 percent, an adjustment can be made on the pressure gauge, if still nothing has changed then the vacuum bag has leaks on it. Once the bag has been successfully placed, a successful vacuum has been reached and maintained, checked thoroughly for leaks on the vacuum and none were found, then the setup is ready for infusion of the resin, see figure 1.15 for an image of the vacuum dry run, the air is sucked out of the vacuum

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