Wet Infusion or Prepreg?


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Charles Woo
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I had these parts made for a project I am working on and the manufacturer claims they are 'autoclave dry carbon', which should mean pre-preg, but to my untrained eye it looks like regular vacuum bagged wet infusion. There are tiny bubbles along the edges and the outer clear resin layer seems thicker than what I would expect a pre-preg.

Are there any carbon experts out there that can help me identify what process they used to make these parts?

       
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Are we talking about infusion or about vacuum bagged parts? As I said above, I doubt the parts are vacuum bagged wet layup parts.
Infusion is a different thing. from the pictures I would say, that the outer resin layer is to thick for an infusion without gelcoat. Seems to me more like a resin rich surface prepreg. Such small bubbles at the corners could happen with both processes. If you use a special black polishing compound instead of a regular white, they should become almost invisible.
you could still test it with the heating method.
Usually prepreg is much more convenient for small parts, so i wonder why prepreg is significantly more expensive.



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