摘要 |
Among other things, a system is provided for curing resin in a composite structure having interconnected cure volumes, which have a set of heatable surface zones. A mould base portion supports the composite structure and a mould closure portion overlies the mould base portion, to define a mould chamber containing the composite structure. A heating blanket having one or more heat transmitting surface regions contiguous with one another so as to define an interior heating surface of the blanket, and at least one heating means for heating the heat transmitting surface regions, is positionable in overlying relation to the composite structure, with the heat transmitting surface regions being in operative overlying heating relation to the heatable surface zones. The system allows the heat to each of the cure volumes to be precisely controlled in accordance with a predetermined cure cycle model at all stages of the curing process.
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