Resin transfer moulding
Resin transfer moulding is a fancy way of making things out of plastic. Picture making a cake in a mold, but instead of cake batter, we use a liquid plastic. This liquid plastic is called "resin." Just like following a recipe for your cake, we need to follow a specific recipe for the resin to make sure it is just right.
Once we have our resin mixture, we pour it into a mold that is specifically designed to make the shape we want. The mold is like a box that we fill up with the resin. After we have filled the mold, we need to make sure that it stays there until the resin has hardened. It's like putting the cake in the oven and waiting for it to bake.
Now, this is where the fancy part comes in. Instead of leaving the mold to bake in the oven, we use something called a "vacuum" to help the resin harden. Think of it like sucking all the air out of the mold so that the resin can stick together more tightly. This makes sure that the plastic isn't too "gummy" or too "crumbly" so that it stays in the shape we want it.
Once the resin is hard, we can take it out of the mold and have a cool new plastic thing! We can make all sorts of things like car parts, bike helmets, and even parts for airplanes using resin transfer molding. It's like making a really cool craft project, but on a much larger scale, with much fancier materials!
Once we have our resin mixture, we pour it into a mold that is specifically designed to make the shape we want. The mold is like a box that we fill up with the resin. After we have filled the mold, we need to make sure that it stays there until the resin has hardened. It's like putting the cake in the oven and waiting for it to bake.
Now, this is where the fancy part comes in. Instead of leaving the mold to bake in the oven, we use something called a "vacuum" to help the resin harden. Think of it like sucking all the air out of the mold so that the resin can stick together more tightly. This makes sure that the plastic isn't too "gummy" or too "crumbly" so that it stays in the shape we want it.
Once the resin is hard, we can take it out of the mold and have a cool new plastic thing! We can make all sorts of things like car parts, bike helmets, and even parts for airplanes using resin transfer molding. It's like making a really cool craft project, but on a much larger scale, with much fancier materials!