SME EM930111

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ADAPTIVE PROCESS CONTROL TECHNIQUE KNOWN AS SIGNATURE PROCESS CONTROL FOR ADVANCED COMPOSITES (SPCC) ARE DESCRIBED. THIS COMPUTER CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOCLAVE PROCESSING OF COMPOSITES WAS USED TO DEVELOP AN OPTIMUM CURE CYCLE FOR AFR 700B POLYAMIDE AND FOR AN EXPERIMENTAL POLY-ISOIMIDE. AN IMPROVED PROCESS CYCLE WAS DEVELOPED FOR AVIMID N POLYAMIDE. THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTENDING THE SPCC TECHNIQUE TO PRE-PREG QUALITY CONTROL, PRESS MODELING, PULTRUSION AND RTM IS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED.

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Published:

06/01/1993

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11

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