Composite Mould Tool Production
Make composite parts from scratch. Learn the manual skills for shaping master patterns and making high quality moulds which lead to exceptional products.
Overview
Whether you're working from original parts or creating your own mould tools, this course will give you the knowledge and practical skills to produce high quality mould tools and avoid common errors.
A quality mould tool is a crucial element in your manufacturing process. With the costs involved in commercial production though, many choose to make their own.
This is a highly practical course, which will teach you cost-effective ways of producing your own moulding from scratch. You'll gain the knowledge you need to produce quality parts and learn how to avoid common errors.
Book this course
In person
- Delivered by our expert tutors on site at NCC, Emersons Green, Bristol
- Maximum 6 students per course
- Refreshments and lunch included
- Hands on workshop session
- Course materials
- Personalised course completion certificate
Cost
£850pp
Duration
2 days
Time
09:00–16:30
Location
BristolAvailability
Tue, 18 Aug - Wed, 19 AugWhat we’ll cover
- The purpose of the mould tool
- Plug, patterns and mould tools
- Materials used in mould tool production
- Issues to avoid when designing a tool
- Types of release agents
- Problems occurring around poor release
- CSM mould tool production using wet lay-up techniques
- Producing original plugs using foam
- Sealing a plug to gain an acceptable surface finish
Putting theory into practice
Under the guidance of our expert trainers, in our state of the art workshop you'll:
- Produce a foam plug and a room temperature mould from that plug
- Learn how to shape the foam plug
- Make a wet layup mould tool
- Become experienced at surface finishing
Contact us
If you have any questions about this course or whether it's right for you please contact our training team.
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Call: +44 (0)117 370 7600, 9:00 - 16:00 GMT Monday - Friday