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[riff42]

A work partner of mine has a vacuum table the table top has holes all over it, he then lays down a sheet of stretchlon 200 bag film over the part being laid up, squeegies off the excess resin and then let’s it cure under vacuum. Is this what the Bondline table does?

Also TET i’m very interested in productivity… getting more parts done in a ‘short’ amount of time.

I’m thinking since i do mainly cosmetic parts, where resin content is not critical like aerospace parts - that using Light
RTM would be one method to speed things up. I will probably be switching to vinylester infusion resin for that. Also would diluting vinylester with styrene be a no no with LightRTM?

now i’m not being a smart a** when I ask… how would a large Bondline unit speed up production? less time bagging the part? Do you use sticky bag tape with a silicone bag system or does the bag seal on a frame of some sort? I would like to see an infusion done on that unit.

also if you guys would… post up some pics of RTM molds you have or use. I want to get into RTM and building the molds.

I think if you really want to speed everything up, then make a mold with several parts, all close to each other. Infuse 5 parts at once!

[Fastrr]

That is a very good idea. On smaller parts I could do that for some parts.