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Warren (Staff) - 6/4/2018 9:10:23 AM

In simple moulding terms, you would be looking at a 2 part mould, split down the center-line into left and right moulds.  The hard and fiddly bit is going to be getting the pre-preg into the mould properly and into the detail. 

In terms of the actual design,  it would almost certainly be worth doing some structural analysis on your design to determine any changes and also  to test any ideas  on layup to get a working design.

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Warren (Staff) - 6/5/2018 8:07:37 AM

Depending exactly how wide the gap is, the two mould halves are bolted together.  If its too tight to get in to lay up, you will need to do separate half lay ups, then bolt it together and get in there just for the overlaps.  See this video to see what I mean: Complex Mouldings Using Prepreg Carbon Fibre