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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, 8 delegates maximum, no experience required |
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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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| DMSC51 Wet Lay-up Laminating.pdf |
