Post by shaywilliams on Mar 12, 2022 9:37:11 GMT -5
I am making tubes out of carbon fiber I want to lay up the carbon fiber inside of a mold (The outside finish is what's important so this is laid up inside of a mold.)
The mold just a 14" inside diameter, 5feet length
Fiberglass mold, 2 halves bolt together, length wise of course).
I want to cast an inflatable cylinder that would go inside the mold and hold pressure against the carbon fiber as it cures. it should be about 13 in in diameter and my questions are what is the best material to cast this with I'm thinking that the wall thickness should be around quarter to half an inch it only needs to inflate about 10% this basically large inflatable cylinder 13 in in diameter 5 ft in length that would insert into the tube after the material is laid up and then INFLATE and hold the carbon against the tube as it cures.
There might be some heat involved, but not much. This is not pre-preg baked in an autoclave.
The mold just a 14" inside diameter, 5feet length
Fiberglass mold, 2 halves bolt together, length wise of course).
I want to cast an inflatable cylinder that would go inside the mold and hold pressure against the carbon fiber as it cures. it should be about 13 in in diameter and my questions are what is the best material to cast this with I'm thinking that the wall thickness should be around quarter to half an inch it only needs to inflate about 10% this basically large inflatable cylinder 13 in in diameter 5 ft in length that would insert into the tube after the material is laid up and then INFLATE and hold the carbon against the tube as it cures.
There might be some heat involved, but not much. This is not pre-preg baked in an autoclave.
