Matt (Staff) (06/01/2013)

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Hi Fred,

Fascinating stuff! - You're right that smaller vessels are available and if you can fit what you need to make into them then it can be more within reach (although maybe not so many people are as technically minded as yourself). When I think autoclave I tend to think of larger vessels (we have a 4m x 2m x 2m vessel, it weighs 7 tonnes!) but you're quite right that much smaller vessels are more widely available in the form of pressure pots or scientific autoclaves (often used for sterilizing).

We did have another customer who had built his own autoclave but I won't post any details of that in case I get sued.... It was not so legitimate as yours!

Still, anyone reading this article should keep in mind that the fastest growing area of prepreg is out-of-autoclave and I defy anyone to be able to tell the difference (we certainly couldn't).

--Matt