Collection: Vacuum Bagging

Take a typical hand lay-up for making composites one step further with vacuum bagging. Once layers of reinforcement and resin are laid-up by hand, the laminate is sealed in an air-tight environment, like a vacuum bag, and connected to a vacuum source. Vacuum is applied, creating mechanical pressure on the laminate throughout the cure cycle.

The advantages of vacuum bagging over traditional methods?

• Mechanical pressure compacts the laminate, removing air, humidity, and excess resin, which can all compromise the curing process and the performance of the finished part.
• This compaction improves the fiber-to-resin ratio, which is the key to maximizing the strength-to-weight advantages of any composite.

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