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    The document describes spray lay-up, a manufacturing process where fibre is chopped and fed into a spray of catalyzed resin applied to a mold. The deposited materials cure under standard conditions. It is typically used for simple enclosures and lightly loaded panels in applications like caravans, trucks, and small boats. While low cost and easy to use, spray lay-up results in laminates that are resin-rich and heavy with short fibres that limit mechanical properties, and the low viscosity resins can compromise performance and increase health risks.

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    The document describes spray lay-up, a manufacturing process where fibre is chopped and fed into a spray of catalyzed resin applied to a mold. The deposited materials cure under standard conditions. It is typically used for simple enclosures and lightly loaded panels in applications like caravans, trucks, and small boats. While low cost and easy to use, spray lay-up results in laminates that are resin-rich and heavy with short fibres that limit mechanical properties, and the low viscosity resins can compromise performance and increase health risks.

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    Manufacturing of laminated composite materials

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    The document describes spray lay-up, a manufacturing process where fibre is chopped and fed into a spray of catalyzed resin applied to a mold. The deposited materials cure under standard conditions. It is typically used for simple enclosures and lightly loaded panels in applications like caravans, trucks, and small boats. While low cost and easy to use, spray lay-up results in laminates that are resin-rich and heavy with short fibres that limit mechanical properties, and the low viscosity resins can compromise performance and increase health risks.

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    Laminated Composite Materials

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    The document describes spray lay-up, a manufacturing process where fibre is chopped and fed into a spray of catalyzed resin applied to a mold. The deposited materials cure under standard conditions. It is typically used for simple enclosures and lightly loaded panels in applications like caravans, trucks, and small boats. While low cost and easy to use, spray lay-up results in laminates that are resin-rich and heavy with short fibres that limit mechanical properties, and the low viscosity resins can compromise performance and increase health risks.

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    Manufacturing of Composites

    Spray Lay-Up

    Description:

    Fibre is chopped in a hand-held gun and fed into a spray of catalyzed resin directed at the
    mould. The deposited materials are left to cure under standard atmospheric conditions.

    Material Options:

     Resins: Primarily polyester


     Fibres: Glass roving only
     Cores: None. These have to be incorporated separately

    Typical Applications:

    Simple enclosures, lightly loaded structural panels, e.g. caravan bodies, truck fairings,
    bathtubs, shower trays, some small dinghies.

    Main Advantages:

     Widely used for many years.


     Low cost way of quickly depositing fibre and resin.
     Low cost tooling.

    Main Disadvantages:

     Laminates tend to be very resin-rich and therefore excessively heavy.


     Only short fibres are incorporated which severely limits the mechanical
    properties of the laminate.
     Resins need to be low in viscosity to be sprayable. This generally
    compromises their mechanical/thermal properties.
     The high styrene contents of spray lay-up resins generally mean that they
    have the potential to be more harmful and their lower viscosity means that
    they have an increased tendency to penetrate clothing.
     Limiting airborne styrene concentrations to legislated levels is becoming

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