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Hi
I made a carbon front fender for my Husqvarna 701 Supermoto in a four part mould. The part of the mold that depicts the assembly area is cast from polyurethane.
I fill the mounting area of the front fender with a thickened resin before vacuuming.
I use about ¾ teaspoon chopped carbon fibre strands on 65 g of resin.
The result looks neat, but the assembly area is more brittle than I expected.
It sometimes breaks when I drill it. I am afraid it will break in rough use.
If possible, I do not want to build a new mould.
Any suggestions?
Regards
Frank
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oberflaeche
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7 Years Ago
It's a nice approach, I like it. Are you vacuum degassing the cast section? It looks like it is full of air bubbles, which will drastic lower its strength.
Hanaldo
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7 Years Ago
Hi Hanaldo. No, I did not degass it. I mixed the chopped strands into the resin after mixing the AT30 in it. Frank
oberflaeche
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7 Years Ago
I would make a separate angle like carbon part and then bond it in ,
George Sychrovsky
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7 Years Ago
I absolutely agree with George here. But now, that you are already at this point, let's see what we can do. Would it be possible for you to push a little bit of carbon cloth inside the chopped...
oekmont
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7 Years Ago
What george said is probily the easiest an best idea With composites you design the part for your material not copy your part in your chosen material. Not perfect but if you did want it in one...
f1rob
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7 Years Ago
@Hanaldo: With the next Part I will try to degas the resin-chopped-strand-mix. @ George Sychrovsky : Yes, it would be the best way, to build a new mould and to design the mould for parts made of...
oberflaeche
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7 Years Ago
For the last front fender, I did not fill the mounting area with chopped carbon fibre thickened resin as usual, but rather with dry carbon fabric. Just as the rest of the mold in the vacuum injection...
oberflaeche
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6 Years Ago
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