Best way to infuse this part


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Dennis G
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Here is a picture of a plug with gel coat on it.  What would be your recomendations for infusing this. Keep in mind once this is a mold it will be basically a U-shaped mold. The kick out you can see in the picture is not on the other side. the other side is smooth.  The lowered sections in front and back (left to right) are flange area. The part area is 32" (813mm)long. The max height is 16"(406mm) and the max width is 16"(406mm).

 I really only see two options....

1. Infuse from the side and let the resin go out along the flange in the spiral then go down one side of the U and back up the other side of the U....

2. Infuse from the end and have the resin as it enters have to climb up the walls of the U in the spiral then across the part.....

Any sugestions would be greatly appreciated. Please be specific as to where I should run the spiral.

Thanks,   Dennis
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Hi, the reason I suggest doing the part in two halves was because this would appear to be your first go at Infusion.

The part is quite deep and and fairly narrow making it fairly difficult to lay in the reinforcement and bag easily if you are new to this. If you make the part in two halves you can lay the mould flat on the bench making it much easier. Make the two halves, trim off the flanges where the join line will be, you can use the mould as a guide for trimming. Put the parts back in the moulds and clamp together this should give you perfect alignment of the join line. Now just wet lay some 50mm strips of reinforcement along the join. This way you will only waste half your materials if it goes wrong. The join line will be hardly visible.

Regards Warren

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