NDLI: A Port Injection Process for Improved Resin Delivery and Flow Control in Vacuum-Assisted Resin Transfer Molding

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Fuqua, Michael James, L. Glancey
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) is used to produce high quality composite parts at lower cost than other manufacturing methods. However, traditional VARTM injection methods are incapable of accounting for variations in preform permeability within a mold. As a result, creating complex components is a labor intensive and expensive process often requiring a trial and error approach to insure complete infusion of the preform fibers. To address this limitation, a new system for delivering resin to a VARTM mold using a series of ports in the tooling surface rather than traditional injection lines has been developed. A port injection process has been designed that utilizes a closed loop control system of ports and sensors built into the mold. Finite element models of this new process indicate complete infusion can consistently be achieved, even for mold lay-ups with large variations in permeability. Results indicate the system is capable of identifying and accounting for preform variability, and correctly delivering resin to low permeability regions usually unfilled with conventional VARTM. In addition, this new technique significantly reduces lay-up time and total time to infuse a part. Experiments with a prototype lab-scale mold have been used to validate the performance of this new injection process. Unlike a conventional VARTM setup, the innovative port injection process can deliver resin to any location within the mold, thus reducing the potential for dry regions and improving part quality and consistency.
Sponsorship	Materials Division, Nondestructive Evaluation Division, and Pressure Vessels and Piping Division
Starting Page	45
Ending Page	57
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISBN	079184773X
DOI	10.1115/IMECE2006-14422
e-ISBN	0791837904
Volume Number	Materials, Nondestructive Evaluation, and Pressure Vessels and Piping
Conference Proceedings	ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Language	English
Publisher Date	2006-11-05
Publisher Place	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Preforms Accounting Control systems Permeability Transfer molding Tooling Fibers Errors Finite element model Vacuum Gates (closures) Composite materials Flow control Manufacturing Sensors Resins Engineering prototypes
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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