Typical Attendees
This course is suitable for the full training of wet lay up laminators, as well as engineers who need a complete understanding of the process and design aspects of this laminating technique.
Structure
30% theory, 70% practical, 12 delegates maximum, no experience required, please see table below for full course structure.
This course is suitable for the full training of wet lay up laminators, as well as engineers who need a complete understanding of the process and design aspects of this laminating technique.
Structure
30% theory, 70% practical, 12 delegates maximum, no experience required, please see table below for full course structure.
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Course Dates
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Price per Delegate
£ 1,500.00 (£ 1,250.00 plus £250.00 VAT) |
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Wet Layup Course Content
| DMSC51 | Session 1 09:00 - 11:00 |
Session 2 11:15 - 13:15 |
Session 3 13:45 - 15:45 |
Session 4 16:00 - 18:00 |
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| Monday | Introduction Equipment issue Health & Safety Theory Composites theory, matrix,reinforcing & fabric materials |
Theory & Demo Wet lay-up processing Lay-up specifications Exotherm and controlling risk Controlling styrene emissions Resin calculations |
Theory, Demo & Practical Tooling care, preparation & release agents Demo & Practical Material preparation & resin dispensing Gel coat application |
Practical Laminate convex & concave shapes using draping methods with a range of reinforcements, fabrics & resins Brush & small roller application methods |
| Tuesday | Theory, Demo & Practical Storing, handling & templating of fabrics Ply orientation, nesting & kitting |
Theory, Demo & Practical Storage, handling & safe dispensing of gel coats, pigments, accelerators & catalysts |
Practical Gel coat application Laminating of internal, external, acute & radius corners, feathered, butt & overlap joins, using placement methods with a range of reinforcements, fabrics & resins |
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| Wednesday | Theory & Demo Preparation of multi part tooling Practical Prepare loose tooling, nett edges, return edges & split moulds |
Theory & Demo Continuous laminating over large areas Sequence planning Practical Large area laminating of nett edges, return edges, vertical surfaces & green trimming |
Theory & Demo Sandwich structures Core materials Practical Preparation of core materials Laminate preparation |
Practical Large area laminating incorporating core materials on horizontal and vertical surfaces |
| Thursday | Theory, Demo & Practical Bonding and joining techniques Use of peel plies Fitting inserts and ancillaries |
Theory, Demo & Practical De-bag & de-mould parts Safe edge parts produced |
Theory & Discussion Process control & inspection Causes of & identifying defects |
Assessment of Competency Planning of laminating operations, tooling & material preparation for the assessment task |
| Friday | Assessment of Competency Laminate split closed mould assessment part start to finish including gel coating, laminating plies, inserts and core materials and joining of mould halves |
Written test Equipment return Reinstate Workshop Summary / Feedback |
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