Continuous microtomography of the hot press consolidation of high performance CF/PAEK layered composites
Adrien LE REUN, Arthur LEVY, Nicolas LEFEVRE, Henri-Alexandre CAYZAC, Vincent SOBOTKA, Steven LE CORRE
Abstract. The consolidation of carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastics is a challenge for the manufacturing of high performance composites, especially for the aeronautics field. Although the effects of pressure and temperature on the quality of consolidation have been widely demonstrated, the understanding of the phenomena occurring during consolidation remains partial. Based on previous developments, this work presents a hot press device specifically designed and fabricated for the in-situ observation of consolidation by X-Ray microtomography. A good correlation is found between the evolution of void content and the measure of the sample through-thickness strain obtained by LVDT sensors.
Keywords
Thermoplastic Composites, Consolidation, Hot Press, Microtomography
Published online 5/7/2025, 8 pages
Copyright © 2025 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Adrien LE REUN, Arthur LEVY, Nicolas LEFEVRE, Henri-Alexandre CAYZAC, Vincent SOBOTKA, Steven LE CORRE, Continuous microtomography of the hot press consolidation of high performance CF/PAEK layered composites, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 54, pp 592-599, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903599-64
The article was published as article 64 of the book Material Forming
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