Design and Fabrication of a Laboratorial Resin Transfer Moulding Equipment
Bruno Moura Miranda1; Wanderley Ferreira de Amorim1; Francisco Procópio Batista Neto1; Diego Davi da Silva Diniz2
1 Universidade Federal de Campina Grande; 2 Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido
doi:10.20906/CPS/COB-2015-1188
Resumo
The objective of this work was design a laboratorial Resin Transfer Moulding Equipment to process composites. The following methodology was fulfilled: Design and manufacture of the equipment, testing its process capabilities, injection tests in the processing stations, manufacturing of composite plates and further characterization. The materials used in the experiments were glass fiber mat (450g / m2), base glass fiber fabric (600 g / m2), a medium viscosity 1.0 Arazyn Ara Ashland ® # 08 unsaturated polyester resin and 50 Butanox. Small and large area plates were produced with dimensions of: 175x125x5mm and 340x340x5mm respectively. Based on the results experiments, it is concluded that it was possible the design, development and manufacture of a resin injection equipment RTM for laboratory use with low cost and low energy losses, for the manufacture of composites with two reinforcement kind: mat and fabric, with different weights and thin.
Palavras-chave: Resin Transfer Moulding; Composite Plates; Processing Station; Small Area Plates; Large Area Plates