I worked on a
Composite project on Saturday night and the whole of Sunday(21st and 22nd of February). The object was to make samples using
Kenaf and fiber glass. Now for those of you who may not know, Composites are materials made from two or more materials which are non-metallic in nature. Many aircraft parts are made using composites as it gives a better strength to weight ratio. This means more strength and less weight when compared to metals. The idea was to take an organic material like kenaf which is not used in the Aircraft industry right now, make samples using it and then test and find out if it is suitable for use in the aviation industry. I'll take you through the procedures with the pics below.
Weaving the Kenaf
150g Hardener and 450g Resin
Mixing the resin and hardener. 25 mins and it hardens so not much time for application.
Vaccuum Curing process
The finished product
We made 9 samples in 4 hours. Pretty good considering we were doing it for the first time. It was back breaking work but the results were well worth it.
Weaving the Kenaf
150g Hardener and 450g Resin
1 comments:
i dont know why, i never saw this post. And i thought creativity was not an important part of your personality. i was wrong.you have really made me proud :)
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