Week 12: Composites
• Assignments
This week’s assignments
design and make a 3D mold (~ft2), and produce a fiber composite part in it
What is my most favourite composite? Carbon fiber!
CNC machining the body of the boat from ‘thunder in paradise’
Applying layers of glass fiber and carbon fiber to foam mold
Inside vacuume bag
Finished surface of special eproxy resin
Compared to original foam mold
Do not wash unfinished carbon fiber unless you have a heat gun!
Tools Related CNC Router: Denford MRC40 6mm @ 3000 RPM Cut depth: 5mm Feed speed: 1000mm/min Start with 15% overlap Refined with 15% overlap Software: VR Milling V5 Bonus
3mm carbon fiber board test
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