Composites Design and Manufacture (BEng) - MATS 324
Composite Manufacturing Processes

This part of the course will be taught by John Summerscales.

The book recommended to support your learning is B T Åström, Manufacturing of Polymer Composites,
Chapman & Hall, London, 1997, ISBN 0-412-81960-0  UOP Library now available from CRC Press as ISBN 0-7487-7076-3.

Lecture  Topic PowerPoint Reading List
C1  Reinforcement fibres. 114 KB ILS/C1
C2  Reinforcement fabrics. 1036 KB ILS/C2
C3  Composite manufacturing processes (overview). Mould tools. 1317 KB ILS/C3
C4  Health & safety. Rheology. 65 KB ILS/C4
C5  Contact moulding: hand-lamination and spray techniques. 1608 KB ILS/C5
C6  Extrusion, Injection Moulding and Rotational Moulding. Resin transfer moulding (RTM). 396 KB ILS/C6
C7  Resin infusion under flexible tooling (RIFT). 6214 KB ILS/C7
C8  Pre-pregs and moulding compounds. Vacuum bagging. Autoclave. Compression moulding. 83 KB ILS/C8
C9  Filament winding. Fibre placement. Tape laying. Pultrusion. Tube rolling. 412 KB ILS/C9
C10  Machining, bonding and repair. 262 KB ILS/C10
C11  Periodic table. Electron configuration of carbon atoms and molecules. 225 KB ILS/C11
C12  Molecular shapes and morphology of polymer molecules. See C13 ILS/C12
C13  Thermoplastic polymers. 179 KB ILS/C13
C14  Condensation/ring-opening cross-linking: Phenolic (PF) resins. Epoxy (Ep) resins. 104 KB ILS/C14
C15  Addition cross-linking. Unsaturated polyester (UPE) resins. Vinyl ester (VE) resins. See C14 ILS/C15
C16  Process control See reprint ILS/C16

The following 1990 review paper may be of general interest in the context of this part of the module:
John Summerscales, Manufacturing concepts for volume production of large composite components,
International Symposium on Composite Materials with Textile Reinforcement for use in Building Construction and Related Applications,
FITAT, Lyon – France, 16-18 July 1990, volume 3, pages 387-394. Restricted: Download 55KB .doc file.

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Other modules taught by John Summerscales include:
MST324 Quality Management and Safety Engineering (BSc)
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