Try http://www.gkn-whl.co.uk/
They may help!
As a Helicopter producer, they have been building Carbon Fibre skinned rotor blades for years!
And the EH101 helicopter in all it's variants (Cormorant/Merlin etc) have these blades.
Yes, as said before the "Reduced" vacuum in an Autoclave is used to remove the "Volatiles", produced during the curing process, this must be matched to correct location of the vacuum ports to allow the volatiles to be removed from all of the component!
If not, and the...
I've been in this trade for 20+ years using Composites, and have used Nomex and Aluminium Honeycombs during this time.
Where I am working now, the "ExPerts"(Small Company) are trying to get me to trim Honeycomb to a .030" Tolerance?
This is for apertures and EOP?
Am I going mad...
