UD Prepreg sticking to glass plate altough using 6 layers of Easylease?


UD Prepreg sticking to glass plate altough using 6 layers of Easylease?
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I' m currently making tensile test samples for Unidirectional (UD) Prepreg. Therefore, I need to fabricate a 1mm thick unidirectional sheet. I used two glass plates that sandwich five layers of UD Prepreg and are vacuum baged and cured in the Prepreg oven at 100°C (see attached pic). The two glass plates were treated with six layers of Easylease coated with a 20min. separation between each coating. However, I still have the problem that the Prepreg sticks to the glass. I cannot manage to take the Prepreg sheet off the glass without braking the glass or the prepreg sheet (see attached pic). I tired this several times already. Any Idea how to resolve this? What about trying to use PVA or wax as a release agent, instead of Easylease?

Looking forward fot some help

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Pier


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oekmont - 1/3/2018 12:13:53 PM
But usually easylease should work very well. Have you cleaned the glass before applying the release agent? Maybe there is something on the glass, wich causes this issue.

What type of prepreg are you using? - Also, what's your cure cycle? - Easy-Lease on glass should be very reliable at releasing epoxy-based prepreg following cures up to around 180'C so I'm very suprised to read that you're having this problem. If it's a conventional epoxy prepreg and you're not exceeding 180'C with your cure then the only explanations would be:

1) Contamination on the surface of the glass (sometimes you may have other release agents on there which have not been removed) 
2) Problems with the release agent itself (it could be old or have been left with the top off for a long time)
3) Major user error (it's been known for customers to accidentally use Mould Cleaner instead of release agent)
4) Application error (unlikely, as it sounds like you're using the recommended 6 applications)
5) Process incompatibility - for example curing at a very high temperature or using an unusual prepreg resin system which is causing an unexpected problem.

If you could fill in some of these blanks then hopefully we can identify the problem.

All the best, Matt


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