PARTICULATE CORE PREFORMING PROCESS

摘要

A method of fabricating a preformed core material by utilizing a particulate preform process. The particulate core material is combined with an adhesive binder and deposited upon a porous surface (6), through which air is drawn, having the desired preform shape. Once the adhesive sets the deposited layer of core material is removed from the porous surface (6) and may be used as a core in a closed molding process. This method may also be used to fabricate a preformed laminate by depositing layers of fiber material before and/or after a core material is deposited.