MAKING TOOLING FOR CF PARTS - VACUUM EPOXY INFUSION METHOD:
MAKING TOOLING FOR CF PARTS - VACUUM EPOXY INFUSION METHOD:
Prep sacrificial board
PU foam pattern
Seal PU foam surface
Epoxy tooling coat
Smooth surface
Tooling gloss surface
Sacrificial shuttering
Gel coat
Glass-fiber tool
CF lay up
Vacuum epoxy into part
Remove bagging and peel ply
SILICONE TOOLING FOR CAST PU:
SILICONE TOOLING FOR CAST PU:
SLA printed parts used as patterns to create silicone mould tools. Two part PU then used to create functional parts at low cost. SLA print times far exceed PU material setting times. I found it viable to batch produce parts using this method.