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FIBRE Mechanics new oven was designed in-house<\/p>\n
Composite boat builder FIBRE Mechanics has invested in a new 48m hull oven at its Lymington factory.<\/p>\n
The oven will be used to cure carbon fibre pre-preg yacht hulls and decks and was designed by the in-house project team.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe constructed our first pre-preg oven here in the Lymington factory over 25 years ago when we were building a 90ft carbon cruising yacht,\u201d said Gary Vaughan, director of operations. \u201cThis new oven has come together far quicker than that one and requires a lot less energy to get up to temperature.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s good to see we have learned something over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Assembly operations<\/p>\n
The new oven has a retractable roof to allow use of the overhead gantry crane during assembly operations and can be sectioned into smaller units as required.<\/p>\n
At present it is partitioned to form a 34m oven for the hull of a new project starting this month and a 14m oven for a large vacuum table, currently being used to manufacture bulkheads and structure for the Gunboat 68 catamaran.<\/p>\n
Powered by electric heaters, with 15 separate heat inlets, the new oven is capable of raising the temperature to 105\u00b0 centigrade.<\/p>\n
Temperature and vacuum pressure can be controlled, monitored and logged across all component surfaces for cure cycles that are often in excess of 48-hours duration.<\/p>\n
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