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- Bladder Casting is an SDC developed proprietary composites manufacturing process
- Utilizes a removable and reusable rigid mandrel to lay up complex geometry parts
- Out-of-Autoclave manufacturing process
- Benefits of Bladder Casting
- Reusable tooling for multiple builds provides lower cost and shorter cycle times between builds
- Outer and inner mold line is controlled by tooling which eliminates thickness variations and produces consistent parts reducing scrap and rework
- Tooling is impenetrable so there is no risk of "unwashable" internal remnants which occur with washable mandrels
- Bladder Casting can provide much higher pressures than autoclave manufacturing which improves compaction and reduces cure time
Bladder Casted Universal Weapons Pylon (UWP) for the Kiowa 4 Helicopter |
Bladder Casted Tapered Strut for the Altair Lunar Lander |
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