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Errrrrrr, how is a curing oven running at 80 C with 30psi bag pressure the same as an autoclave running at 150 C and 2000psi vessel pressure?!?!?! Its NOT! And that's the very reason the purchase/running costs of an autoclave are so high and in turn is the very reason that the parts will ALWAYS BE SUPERIOR.
If anything I would say that putting prepreg in a composites oven is a false economy because your simply not getting the full potential of the materials, although I can see it as a very clean and pro way to work and for this reason some people would prefer to use it even without access to a clave...
But if I took a punt I would also say that a bagged prepreg in an oven VS a good infusion in the same oven at the same temp/time would produce a similar result... Its the autoclave conditions that produce a specific end product that YOU CAN NOT FAKE or reproduce any other way...
Kev.
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