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Carbon fiber epoxy composites | | |
Hand lay-up and compression moulding | (1) Impregnation of textiles with epoxy resin (2) Compression moulding 120°C/4 h/130 kN | [52] |
Hand lay-up and vacuum bagging in autoclave | (1) Impregnation of textiles with epoxy resin (2) Autoclave curing at 60°C/12 h | [40] |
Autoclave | (1) Autoclave curing at 177°C/120 min/0.70 MPa or 121°C/90 min depending on the epoxy type | [41] |
Hand lay-up | (1) Impregnation of textiles with resin (2) Curing in 2 steps: RT/24 h, 75°C in a stove | [42] |
Flax fiber epoxy composites |
Hand lay-up and vacuum bagging | (1) Impregnation of textiles with resin (2) Conditioning at RT for 2 weeks | [43] |
Autoclave | (1) Impregnation of textiles with resin (2) Moulding under vacuum at 125°C/3 bar | [44] |
Film stacking and autoclave | (1) UD alignment of fibers (2) B-staged epoxy sheets are put on the top, between, and under the textile layers (3) Curing in autoclave at 125°C/3 bar/1 h | [53] |
Film stacking and autoclave | (1) Pre-impregnation of fibers (2) Film stacking using B-staged epoxy sheets (3) Curing in autoclave at 125°C/3 bar/1 h | [45] |
Hand lay-up | Not stated | [46] |
Autoclave | (1) Curing in autoclave under varied parameters | [54] |
RTM | (1) Pressure 1 or 2 bars depending on the fiber content. Injection at 50°C, curing at 80°C/8 h | [47] |
Hand lay-up | (1) Resin impregnation of mats (2) Curing in a mould at 80°C/1 h | [48] |
Hand lay-up and compression moulding | (1) Resin impregnation of fabrics (2) Compression moulding at 120°C/15 min/2.5 bar and at 150°C/2 h/5 bar | [49] |
Vacuum bagging and autoclave | (1) Curing at 130°C/4 bar | [50] |
Hand lay-up and vacuum bagging | (1) Resin impregnation (2) Vacuum bagging (3) Curing in 2 steps: RT/24 h, at 65°C/7 h | [55] |
Vacuum bagging and autoclave | (1) Curing at 120°C/60 min/0.62 MPa | [51] |
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