Internship assignment: Prepreg door

jan 22, 2025

VABO produces its doors (and hatches) using a vacuum infusion (RTM) process. VABO wishes to investigate what the benefits and disadvantages are of using a prepreg process instead.

Education level:

HBO

Within the project the student(s) will have to investigate the following:

• Investigate current process and make a detailed report on the production cycle of a door leaf

• Investigate what needs to be changed to switch from a vacuum infusion process to a prepreg process

• Make a detailed report in which an alternative process is described. This report includes all benefits/disadvantages (on performance, specification, lead time, cost, etc.) of the alternative process

• Produce a door using a prepreg proces

VABO states that the outcome of the project has to meet the following requirements:

• Full report on alternative process(es) for door production

• No implications on quality/performance

• Demo door produced with the alternative process

Practical Information:

VABO supervisor: Dennis Bezema (engineering), [email protected]