anyone know what happened to composites fab??

“Dry carbon” parts are made with prepreg. Just because it’s put into the mold without resin doesn’t make it a dry carbon part. It doesn’t refer to the molding process, but to the material used. It refers to the use of a material that doesn’t have any resin added during any part of the molding process.
However, the term is not really used at the professional composites level. It’s used mainly by the low end automotive aftermarket to determine if a part is made with prepreg and cured in an autoclave, which shows that the manufacturer must know what they’re doing. Anybody can go and wet layup a hood and sell it on Ebay.
Infusion, RTM, etc. are just closed molding techniques. And wet layup up is simply open molding. But these processes can yield perfectly good parts too.
The name “drycarbonparts” alone is enough to mislead customers into thinking that’s what they’re getting. The general public is usually not very well informed, and they simply heard somewhere that dry carbon parts are made “with carbon fiber that comes with resin already and is cured in a pressurized oven.”

Not arguing, just a healthy discussion to prevent any unhappy or misled buyers of composite products.

Examples of “dry carbon” parts some of my students made, and where they were cured.

I have never seen a field ( carbon composites ) so full of b.s. lingo. lol. I have afriend that says he uses a dry spray or dry spread of carbon. I’m thinking who the hell cares, because the way i think is … it is either a wet lay up, infusion, rtm, or prepreg. Then of course an autoclave makes a more dense and stronger laminate. I was just thinking to myself… LOL i can sell dry carbon parts too… let me get my scissors out and cut you off a piece of fabric, i’ll mail it to you and call it a dry carbon part haha. I’m sorry, just having some fun. I guess just all the lingo is confusing.

dry spray …pfttt that tells me squat imo.

lol, thats great! Right im not here to argue here either. I never really use the term dry carbon parts that is just what we called our ebay username. The company we own is called aristro composites lab. I guess the name could be misleading but I have not had an issue with it. I really dont like selling on ebay but it helps with income coming in while we are working on growing the company and our product line. This site is great because it gives everyone their opinion on stuff and honest answers!

Thanks for everyones inmput

dry carbon parts are any carbon part made without the use of a gelcoat or clear cote. Does not need to be just prepreg.