Hello to the composite world!
Located in Melbourne, Australia, my good friend and myself have decided to team up and attempt to start up a little carbon fibre business, primarily focusing on vehicle and motorsport parts as that is a big hobby and passion for us. I am currently in my 4th year of University, studying a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Materials Science. I'm hoping this will aid our venture, or hopefully help me out career wise in the composites industry possible?
Our aim is to provide a market for everyday car enthusiasts and tuners with much more reasonably priced products, yet still of very high quality.
We have successfully made our first mould yesterday, which is for a side mirror. We are hoping that the vacuum infusion goes smoothly! (Unfortunately we're still waiting for a new vacuum pump). We will share all our projects here, hopefully to learn from mistakes that aren't picked up by us, and gain a better insight to further improve our knowledge and products.
Because we are new to this and with budget constraints, our method of manufacture will initially be just Vacuum resin Infusion. If all goes well, we hope to further our knowledge and skills to autoclave prepreg systems where we would be able to provide more complex parts using 2 or more piece moulds. (Which i hope we can get too as this is really exciting to me!)
Thanks to easy composites for their services, videos and this forum which helped A LOT.
We are looking forward to this venture and hope to find any help or tips on here, of course we will try and share and help with our experiences too!
PS. We are in need of a business name! Any input will be appreciated
Kind regards,
JD and TOMMY