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As part of an assignment I need to suggest an alternative manufacturing method for surfboards. The currently used method is hand layup which is labour intensive and very time taking. As an alternate method, I am suggesting prepreg, however one thing that I am quite confused about is the curing temp for Epoxy.
Hand lay-up surfboards that use epoxy cure at room temperature for close to a week, whereas prepreg material mentions its curing time to be 3-4 hours at 120C. Surely these have to be different kind of epoxies to be curing at such different temperatures? Also, is there a difference in the mechanical properties of an epoxy that cures at a temp of 120 C vs an epoxy that is curing at room temperature.
Lastly, I found a suitable prepreg materials for my purpose (lightweight fiber glass) however no curing temperature is mentioned on the webpage, how do I go about figuring out its curing temperature? Here is the link
http://www.kompozitsan.com/en/91-glass-fiber-prepreg
TIA!
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student00
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7 Years Ago
Not sure why prepreg would be better than hand lay up for simple shapes like surfboards... you have epoxy resins that cure after 4 hours as well... whay you are probably looking at is "full cure" tha...
matthieutje65
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7 Years Ago
Keep in mind that most core materials will cause trouble at that temperature, including usual wood.
oekmont
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7 Years Ago
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