One sided surface damage
| 1. | Consumables required for a vacuum repair on one-sided surface damage in carbon fibre (1).
• Peel Ply (2)
• Sealant Tape (4)
• Release Film (3)
• Breather Fabric (5)
• Bagging Material (6)
• Flash tape
• Vacuum Valve (7)
• Vacuum Pump
• Pressure Gauge (8)
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| | | Care Point: | The peel ply (2) must cover the whole repaired area.
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| | | 2. | Place peel ply (2) on to the carbon fibre (1) and secure down using flash tape.
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| | | Care Point: | The release film (3) must cover the whole of the peel ply (2).
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| | | 3. | Place release film (3) on to the carbon fibre (1) and secure down using flash tape.
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| | | Care Point: | This should create a perimeter around the repaired area.
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| | | 4. | Attach the sealant tape (4) to the top of the carbon fibre (1).
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| 5. | Position the breather fabric (5) on top of the carbon fibre and fold over 3 times at the end where the vacuum valve will sit.
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| | | Care Point: | The bagging material (6) must be positioned all the way around the breather fabric (5) and extending slightly on the sides.
The bagging material (6) must be glued air tight to the sealant tape (4) after vacuum valve is fitted.
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| | | 6. | Position bagging material (6) on the top of the carbon fibre (1) and leave loose above the sealant tape (4).
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| | | Care Point: | The blow hole (A) must be the same diameter as the vacuum valve (7) that is being used.
The hole must not be cut too big.
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| | | 7. | Cut out a hole in the bagging material (6) for the vacuum valve (7) to be located over the triple fold in the breather fabric.
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| | | Care Point: | Once the vacuum valve (7) is in the correct position, make sure that it has an air tight connection with the bagging material (6).
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| | | 8. | Fit vacuum valve (7) into the blow hole cut out of the bagging material (6).
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| | | Care Point: | Make sure that the bagging material (6) has been firmly stuck air tight to the sealant tape (4).
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| | | 9. | The extended area of bagging material (6) must now be sealed laterally using sealant tape (4).
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| 10. | Extract all the air present in the vacuum bag with a vacuum pump until the pressure gauge (8) is showing a vacuum of approximately 1016 mbar.
| | | 11. | Turn off vacuum pump.
| | | | | Care Point: | The pressure gauge should not increase by more that 102 mbar after a period of 5 minutes.
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| | | 12. | Check over the system to make sure that the bag is still in an air tight condition.
| | | 13. | Reseal the vacuum bag if the pressure increase is too high.
| | | 14. | Switch on vacuum pump, and leave on for the entire drying duration of the repair being carried out.
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Puncture damage (non-sandwich)
| 1. | Consumables required for a vacuum repair on puncture damage in carbon fibre (1).
• Peel Ply (2)
• Sealant Tape (4)
• Release Film (3)
• Breather Fabric (5)
• Bagging Material (6)
• Flash Tape
• Vacuum Valve (7)
• Vacuum Pump
• Pressure Gauge (8)
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| | | Care Point: | The peel ply (2) must cover the whole damage point.
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| | | 2. | Place peel ply (2) on to the underneath of the carbon fibre (1) and secure down using flash tape.
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| | | Care Point: | The release film (3) must cover the whole of the peel ply (2).
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| | | 3. | Place release film (3) on to the underneath of the carbon fibre (1) and secure down using flash tape.
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| | | Care Point: | This should create a perimeter around the damage point.
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| | | 4. | Attach the sealant tape (4) to the underneath of the carbon fibre (1).
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| | | Care Point: | The breather fabric (5) must completely cover the release film (3).
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| | | 5. | Position the breather fabric (5) on to the underneath of the carbon fibre (1). Once in the correct position, secure down using flash tape.
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| | | Care Point: | The bagging material (6) must be positioned all the way around the breather fabric (5).
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| | | 6. | Position bagging material (6) on the underneath of the carbon fibre (1) and attach it to the sealant tape (4), so that it is air tight.
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| | | Care Point: | The peel ply (2) must cover the whole damage point.
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| | | 7. | Place peel ply (2) on to the top of the carbon fibre (1) and secure down using tape.
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| | | Care Point: | The release film (3) must cover the whole of the peel ply (2).
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| | | 8. | Place release film (3) on to the top of the carbon fibre (1) and secure down using tape.
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| | | Care Point: | This should create a perimeter around the damage point.
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| | | 9. | Attach the sealant tape (4) to the top of the carbon fibre (1).
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| | | Care Point: | The breather fabric (5) must go over the sealant tape (4) on one side.
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| | | 10. | Position the breather fabric (5) on top of the carbon fibre (1) and fold over 3 times at the end where the vacuum valve will sit.
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| | | Care Point: | The bagging material (6) must be positioned all the way around the breather fabric (5) and extending slightly on the sides.
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| | | 11. | Position bagging material (6) on the top of the carbon fibre (1) and attach it to the sealant tape (4).
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| | | Care Point: | The blow hole (A) must be the same diameter as the vacuum valve (7) that is being used.
The hole must not be cut too big.
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| | | 12. | Cut out a hole in the bagging material for the purge valve (7) to be located. The location of the hole should be in the area where the breather fabric has been folded over three times.
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| | | Care Point: | Once the vacuum valve is in the correct position, make sure that it has an air tight connection with the bagging material (6).
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| | | 13. | Fit purge valve (7) into the blow hole cut out of the material (6).
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| 14. | Make sure that the bagging material (6) has been glued air tight to the sealant tape (4).
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| 15. | Extract all the air present in the vacuum bag with a vacuum pump until the pressure gauge (8) is showing a vacuum of approximately 1016 mbar.
| | | 16. | Turn off vacuum pump.
| | | | | Care Point: | The pressure gauge should not increase by more that 102 mbar after a period of 5 minutes.
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| | | 17. | Check over the system to make sure that the bag is still in an air tight condition.
| | | 18. | Reseal the vacuum bag if the pressure increase is too high.
| | | 19. | Switch on vacuum pump, and leave on for the entire drying duration of the repair being carried out.
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Edge damage
| 1. | Consumables required for a vacuum repair on edge damage in carbon fibre (1).
• Peel Ply (2)
• Sealant Tape (5)
• Release Film (3)
• Breather Fabric (4)
• Bagging Material (6)
• Flash Tape
• Vacuum Valve (7)
• Vacuum Pump
• Pressure Gauge (8)
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| | | Care Point: | The peel ply (2) must cover the whole damage point.
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| | | 2. | Place peel ply (2) on to the carbon fibre (1) around the edge and secure down using flash tape.
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| | | Care Point: | The release film (3) must cover the whole of the peel ply (2).
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| | | 3. | Place release film (3) on to the carbon fibre (1) around the edge and secure down using flash tape.
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| | | Care Point: | The breather fabric (4) must extend laterally from the edge of the carbon fibre (1).
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| | | 4. | Position the breather fabric (4) on top of the carbon fibre (1) around the edge. Once in the correct position, secure down using flash tape.
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| | | Care Point: | This should create a perimeter around the damage point.
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| | | 5. | Attach the sealant tape (5) to the top and bottom of the carbon fibre (1).
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| | | Care Point: | The bagging material (6) must be positioned all the way around the breather fabric (4).
The bagging material must be glued air tight to the sealant tape.
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| | | 6. | Position bagging material (6) on the top and bottom of the carbon fibre (1) and attach it to the sealant tape (5).
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| | | Care Point: | The blow hole (A) must be the same diameter as the vacuum valve (7) that is being used.
The hole must not be cut too big.
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| | | 7. | Cut out a hole in the bagging material for the vacuum valve (7) to be located. The location of the hole should be in the extended area that has been created on one side.
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| | | Care Point: | Once the vacuum valve (7) is in the correct position, make sure that it has an air tight connection with the bagging material (6).
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| | | 8. | Fit purge valve (7) into the blow hole cut out of the extended area of bagging material (6).
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| | | Care Point: | Make sure that the bagging material (6) has been glued air tight to the sealant tape (5).
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| | | 9. | The extended area of bagging material (6) must now be sealed laterally using sealant tape (5).
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| 10. | Extract all the air present in the vacuum bag with a vacuum pump until the pressure gauge (8) is showing a vacuum of approximately 1016 mbar.
| | | 11. | Turn off vacuum pump.
| | | | | Care Point: | The pressure gauge should not increase by more that 102 mbar after a period of 5 minutes.
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| | | 12. | Check over the system to make sure that the bag is still in an air tight condition.
| | | 13. | Reseal the vacuum bag if the pressure increase is too high.
| | | 14. | Switch on vacuum pump, and leave on for the entire drying duration of the repair being carried out.
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