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English translation: moldless composite construction
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| 14:31 Feb 19, 2012 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / winglets | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Gunter Prediger Germany Local time: 00:14 | ||||||
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| 4 -1 | Male mold construction |
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peer agreement (net): -1Male mold construction Explanation: It's not injection mouilding. In the male mold construction or method, layers of laminate are wrapped around a foam core or similar (the term "core lamination technique" works also.) The core remains inside the product (in your example, the winglet). The female mold construction on the other hand uses mould shells in which the laminate is put "from the inside". When the product has hardened, you take the mould halves off. Reference: http://www.toolingu.com/definition-500265-42091-male-mold.ht... Reference: http://www.eaa186.org/186tech.shtml |
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moldless composite construction Explanation: or moldless composite sandwich construction. Pioneered by Bert Rutan (see amazon.com - his book about this processing technique). Reference: http://www.fibreglast.com/product/LC_015 Reference: http://www.eaa.org/experimenter/articles/2011-02_mystery_pla... |
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rephrase Explanation: Obwohl die eigentliche Frage ja so umgangen wird ;-) The winglets were fabricated using sandwich composites cored with Rohacell® and ... |
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