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Development and validation of an automatic manufacturing process for fiberglass composites Desarrollo y validación de un proceso automático de fabricación de composites de fibra de vidrio Esnaola, Aritz Goenaga Goicoechea, Garazi Gutierrez Perez de Eulate, Natalia Urrutxua Andia, Maitane Vallejo Rasero, Francisco Javier desarrollo de procesos power factor correction (PFC) process development automatic process fiberglass prepregs Ultraviolet curing Porosity flexural modulus flexural strength interlaminar strength composite fibre content process control property control proceso automático fibra de vidrio prepregs curado UV porosidad módulo de flexión resistencia a flexión resistencia a cizalla interlaminar contenido en fibra control de proceso control de propiedades Fiberglass reinforced polymeric composites are ideal for various applications due to their mechanical properties and lightweight. However, nowadays many fiberglass reinforced composite manufacturing processes are manual, which makes it complicated for them to meet industrial requirements regarding the quality and reliability of the manufactured parts, limiting their applications. The development of automatic and digital processes lead to the reduction of manual labour and, as a consequence, the cost and variability of the process. Nevertheless, the industrial implementation of these automatic processes requires them to be economically affordable, flexible and simple. Therefore, the research work carried out has focused on the development of an automatic fiberglass composite manufacturing process able to produce composites with mechanical properties comparable to those obtained in conventional manufacturing processes. For this purpose, a two-stage manufacturing line has been developed: (i) the automatic manufacture of fiberglass and ultraviolet (UV) resin prepregs, and (ii) the compaction and curing of these prepregs. The process has been validated by measuring the physical and mechanical properties of the manufactured composites and comparing them to those obtained with hand lay-up and infusion processes. 2024-03-07T14:22:09Z 2024-03-07T14:22:09Z 2023 http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 1989-1490 https://katalogoa.mondragon.edu/janium-bin/janium_login_opac.pl?find&ficha_no=174293 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11984/6280 eng © 2023 The Authors Dyna Publishing