How to Cast a Two-Part Compression Mould for Forged Carbon Fibre

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In this composites video tutorial we demonstrate how to create a two-part 'matched-tool' compression mould suitable for creating genuine pressure forged carbon fibre components in anticipation of our next tutorial where we will demonstrate the forged carbon fibre process itself.

In this tutorial we use a special aluminium-filled epoxy casting resin called TC80 Tool Cast to cast the two halves of a compression mould using an original injection moulded component as the pattern.

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