Attendance / Duration
5 Days (9:00am - 4:00pm)Overview
This 5 day course will provide a comprehensive understanding of the repair techniques associated with composite structures. You will fabricate your own composite panels and apply various repair techniques to identify and correct defects.Cost
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For further information or to be added to our waiting list for future course dates please email engage@ayrshire.ac.ukWhat's Involved?
The purpose of this course is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the repair techniques associated with composite structures. The course will include damage assessment and classification thus introducing several repair methods used in industry.
This will include cosmetic surface restoration, core replacement, taper/scarf and step sanding methods. Learners will utilise wet lay-up, pre impregnated and resin infusion processes to repair laminate and structural sandwich panels. The majority of the allocated time will be hands on undertaken within the industry standard composite clean room.
Learners will fabricate their own composite panels and apply various repair techniques to identify and correct defects.
Course Content
- Composite theory, materials and processes
- Damage detection and classification
- Wet lay-up laminating
- Matrix application and curing
- Structural sandwich panel repairs
- Storing handling and cutting pre-preg materials
- Introduction to resin infusion process
- Vacuum bagging methods
- Surface preparation taper/scarf and step sanding
- Operation of a hot bonder
On completion of this module delegates will have attained the skills and knowledge to undertake complex composite repairs. Each learner will be confident with the procedures and processes that underpin a successful composite repair.