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Prepreg surface porosity

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By BoB_from_jungle - 11/17/2018 6:12:00 AM

Dear Collegues

I try to overcome the surface porosity of my prepreg detail (or decrease the quantity) and I need to know what does "spiking the 1st ply prepreg" means. Could you please tell me what it is? Maybe there is some video with it?

Thank you

Bob
By BoB_from_jungle - 11/19/2018 3:47:29 PM

Lester Populaire - 11/19/2018 5:43:19 AM
Never used this myself but I believe it refers to "perforating" the prepregs with a needle roller prior to the layup to improve air evacuation.
But i honestly cannot see that making much of a difference at all. Debulking between layers with an adequate perforated release film should do the job just nicely?

It's from there
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1d8d/eaf59eaadccbde3f2be3fbe884ad76d2bea8.pdf

I guess you are quite close to the main idea.