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Glass Fiber Composite · Service

Glass Fiber Composite Out-of-Autoclave Cure

I want to avoid the autoclave queue or exceed autoclave size. Who runs qualified OOA processes?

What it is

Curing under vacuum pressure alone in an oven, using resin systems formulated to reach acceptable void content without external pressure. Removes the autoclave bottleneck at some cost in property margin.

Suppliers

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Companies that perform this process on customer material.

  • ACP Composites Verified
    Livermore, CA · Converter
    AS91006 ft x 8 ft x 16 ft oven envelope

    Oven cure with a 6 ft x 8 ft x 16 ft work envelope to 650 F. Removes the autoclave bottleneck where the resin system allows it.

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Input material

Forms this process takes in.

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