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Solcore is a low cost, water removable castable tooling material, similar to plaster, capable of achieving extreme composite part design mandrel tooling requirements. With high casting fidelity and rigid green strength, Solcore is readily able to produce soluble shapes with tight tolerances and high yield. It is the ideal solutions for seamless and complex composite structures such as air ducts. The material can be formulated to withstand high temp and high pressure composites conditions found in Thermoplastics and BMI etc.
Specifications: SOLCORE
Density (g/ml): 0.86
Max Comp Strength (psi): 1500 @ 350’F
CTE (ppm – C) approx: 9
How it works:
1. Customer sends an existing casting tool, CAD file, or composite part.
2. Soltec casts a mandel, provides a 3D mandrel print and fabricates a casting tool to cast a mandrel, or re-engineers the part to produce a CAD file in order to design and fabricate a tool and to cast a mandrel.
3. Customer produces a composite part:
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Pre-preg, RTM, VARTM (up to 500F)
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Autoclave up to 100psi,
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Trim composite part on mandrel
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Washout mandrel with pressure washer (for faster results soak mandrel for a couple hours)
4. SOLTEC offers Washout Service:
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SOLTEC offers enclosed pressurized washout station to our customers
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Customer could send composite part with mandrel to SOLTEC
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SOLTEC to wash out the mandrel material
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Send finished composite part back to customer