Missile part is a first for vacuum infusion.The annual JEC composites show in Paris highlighted the first application of vacuum infusion to a cylindrical cyl·in·dri·cal adj. Of, relating to, or having the shape of a cylinder, especially of a circular cylinder. part made of continuous carbon-fiber tapes. MAN Technologic in Augsburg, Germany (U.S. office in N.Y.C.), displayed for the first time the domed first section of a prototype booster Booster - A data-parallel language. "The Booster Language", E. Paalvast, TR PL 89-ITI-B-18, Inst voor Toegepaste Informatica TNO, Delft, 1989. rocket case for the European Ariane rocket program. MAN has built two since 2003. The part, infused with one-component epoxy epoxy Any of a class of thermosetting polymers, polyethers built up from monomers with an ether group that takes the form of a three-membered epoxide ring. The familiar two-part epoxy adhesives consist of a resin with epoxide rings at the ends of its molecules and a curing , is 40% lighter than the current steel booster rocket case. Continuous tape presents risks of creating wrinkles wrinkles See bells and whistles. or waves in the fibers. Wrinkles can be smoothed out if the tapes are cut into sections, or if the part is flat or half-round like a boat hull, not cylindrical like the rocket case. A patent is pending on MAN's solution to wrinkling. |
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