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    fire in our autoclave. Why?

    All of you thanks for the suggestions. I do not believe it is exothermic reaction. The laminate thickness is thin. I have experience with exothermic reaction of epoxy resins because I have manufactured parts with a thickness of 6 (2.3 inches) till 9 cm (3.5 inches ). To exclude the exothermal...
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    fire in our autoclave. Why?

    Recently we had a fire in our autoclave during a 120°C/180°C stepcure.to cure hexply. The cure cycle is more or less according to the product data sheet of Hexcel and has been used for quite some years now. As far as I could determine all these years the bagging materials have not changed. The...

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