Week12 : Compposites

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The Process:

1- Mold preparation :

  • Cleaning both parts(Male/Female) of the mold with water and aceton to remove dust particles.

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  • Mold releas wax applied on both sides twice to allow for easy release of the finnished articles.

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2- Fiber selection :

  • Isolated the fresh and felxible palm fibers from the dry ones.

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3- Layup of the fiber

  • Chopped strand mat

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  • Woven Roving 90 degress

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4- Lamination

  • With brush idealy with spray but wasn't available
  • I used polyster resin

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6- Compression

used weights to compress both sides of the mold

7- Demolding

Date: 2015-03-30

Author: Salman Oraibi @ Fablab-Bahrain

Created: 2016-11-19 Sat 21:50

Emacs 24.5.1 (Org mode 8.2.10)

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