Curing of composite material parts often rely on slow cure cycles to manage exotherms and
avoid hot or cold spots in the part. This is especially true for larger, thicker and/or …

Design and manufacturing of composite tooling are crucial in producing cost effective
composite components with high quality. Aimed at identifying the optimal design of integrally …

Due to the greater awareness of the environmental issues, the use of “greener” materials to
substitute for synthetic fibre reinforcements and petrochemical polymer matrices is growing …

Tooling design is crucial for the production of cost-effective and durable composite products.
As part of the current search for cost reduction (by reducing capital investment, energy use …

Integrally water-heated tooling is one of the technologies available for 'out-of-
autoclave'processing of advanced thermoset polymer composites. Temperature variation …

In composite manufacturing, a number of heated tools were developed over the past
decades to avoid the use of autoclaves or ovens due to size and cost limitations. This thesis …

Due to the greater awareness of the environmental issues, composite researchers are
increasingly interested in using “greener” materials to substitute for synthetic fibre …