Manufacturing Best Practices
Degassing, moisture and clean handling
Entrained air, dissolved gas, moisture and surface contamination can produce voids, porosity, white areas, poor wet-out and weak bonds.
In simple terms
Entrained air, dissolved gas, moisture and surface contamination can produce voids, porosity, white areas, poor wet-out and weak bonds.
Best for
Infusion, RTM, casting, prepreg, core bonding and adhesive mixing.
Watch out for
Degassing and pre-drying are product-specific. Temperature, time and vacuum must follow the TDS rather than a universal recipe.
Typical applications
Liquid moulding, lay-up, bonding and sandwich manufacture.
Related tools
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