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Composites manufacturing is a _______ a year industry. - ✔✔53 billion
90% of all composites are comprised of ____ and either ____ or _____. - ✔✔glass fiber
and either polyester or vinyl ester resin
What percentage of composites are manufactured using the open molding method? -
✔✔65%
What percentage of composites are manufactured using the closed molding method? -
✔✔35%
cast polymer - ✔✔used to describe a variety of materials including cultured marble,
onyx, granite, etc.
composites are broadly known as _____. - ✔✔reinforced plastics
open molding - ✔✔open to the atmosphere, also known as contact molding
closed molding - ✔✔closed from the atmosphere
thermoplastics - ✔✔can be heated and formed and can be re-heated to a liquid
thermoset - ✔✔known as cross-linking and is irreversable
Benefits of composites (5) - ✔✔high strength
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,light weight
durability
corrosion resistance
design flexibility
examples of consumer composites - ✔✔automobiles, boats, sporting goods
example of industrial composites - ✔✔environmental structures
example of advanced composites - ✔✔aerospace, military armor
two examples of ancient composites - ✔✔adobe, mongolian bow
Advantages of composites (4) - ✔✔high specific strength
ability to form shapes
inherent durability
low relative investment
When were composites developed? - ✔✔1940s
composites - ✔✔a combination of a polymer matrix and fiber reinforcement
matrix - ✔✔the resin which holds the reinforcement fibers in place
reinforcement - ✔✔a fiber placed in a resin matrix
polyester resin - ✔✔the most common resin used in composites
vinyl ester resin - ✔✔a premium resin for composites products, often used in corrosion
applications
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, glass fiber - ✔✔reinforcement fibers are made from molten glass, used to reinforce a
resin matrix
specific strength - ✔✔the strength of a material compared to its weight
synthetic resin - ✔✔a man made combination of chemicals
polymerization - ✔✔the conversion of a thermoset resin from liquid to solid
cross-linking - ✔✔the molecular bonding that takes place during polymerization
The two general divisions of composites manufacturing are ____ and ____. - ✔✔Open
molding and closed molding
Open molding processing methods (3) - ✔✔Hand lay up
Chopped laminate process
filament winding
Application processes for hand lay up (2) - ✔✔manual resin application
mechanical resin application
Application processes for chopped laminate process - ✔✔atomized spray up
non-atomized application
Closed molding processing methods (8) - ✔✔vacuum bag molding
vacuum infusion processing
resin transfer molding
compression molding
pultrusion
reinforced reaction injection molding
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