Tech question for srinkage on carbon part


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Evening Chaps,



I have a technical question that I can't seem to work out what is causing my problem on carbon piece I'm making at the moment.

The part I'm making is a shroud protector for hovercraft fan. Its made up of 8 identical parts the will have joiners in-between to make a full circle when finished. So the part is a 1/8 of a circle arch that is hollow tube.

I have my mould and I'm using pre preg carbon with a bladder insert as the shape is cylindrical and hollow.

Currently curing at 25Degrees for 8hours and with the bladder at around 14psi.

The problem I'm getting after pulling the part is that is doesn't natural go back into the mould and rest. Seems to have flexed or pulled in or shrunk I'm not to sure for the technical term for it.

So my question what can cause this, i wonder if when curing my mould could have moved with the heat. But I can't seem to work out what might have caused this issue. 

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curved components will always move about depending on your layup, have you gone quasi layup in your plies? If its unbalanced or you have too many ±45 direction then it will springback, you might need to add another couple of 0degree plies in there.

Also when you remove the part from the mould, is it completely cool?
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Thanks for the reply,

Yes part is given plenty of time to get back to ambient temperature and then left over night.

For layup i'm just using 1 long piece throughout the mould on both top and bottom sections.

Do you think there would be a better layup to prevent the part from bending out of place?
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If you are only using a single ply it will be difficult to counteract the spring action without adding more material.
Are you using a twill fabric or ud?
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Just the EC pre pre twill at the moment, but if there is a better material or number of layers or layup that would help me out that i can test would be great.
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14 psi is not much pressure but the bladder process does rely completely on the stiffness of the mould. So maybe it could be the mould bending? I recently had the same problem with a fan blade we made but this was 40psi.

With a vacuum bag process there is far less reliance on mould stiffness.

I also recently made two large 3m dia hovercraft shrouds for a 17m craft. These were made by vacuum infusion process.

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