Influence and Detection of Vacuum Bag Leakages in Composites Manufacturing

Composites are increasingly used in the aerospace industry due to their lightweight potential and flexible design options. The most widespread manufacturing process for large components made of fibre composites is still the open mould process. In this process, a composite component is placed on a mould and hermetically sealed with a vacuum bag...

Computational methods for leakage localisation in a vacuum bag using volumetric flow rate measurements: Delft University of Technology, German Aerospace Center

The localisation of leakages during the vacuum bagging process of a composite is currently time intensive and reliant on human labour. The purpose of this article is to explore four computational methods for leakage localisation using volumetric flow rate (VFR) data to increase the automation of the process. The data used in this article is...