Hands-on sessions 1 - Manual laminating and mould building

SLC-Lab organises a few hands-on sessions with a focus on handling and using composite materials. The first session focuses on manual laminating and mould building. 

This hands-on session will teach you about building moulds. Because moulds are often created by means of manual laminating, the emphasis of this session will be on this process. During the session you will make a mould and get acquainted with different techniques and tools. Models from which to make a laminated mould will be available. Do you prefer to work on your own model? No problem, let us know when registering. Throughout the day we will increase the process complexity and end with an introduction to closed mould technology.  

These sessions will be run by SLC-Lab, in cooperation with Marc De Moor, author of the book ‘cold curing plastics’.
 
The hands-on session is aimed at designers, technicians and engineering, both starters and experts in composites with some hands-on experience.  

Careful: to guarantee the quality of the hands-on sessions the number of participants is limited to ten.

Programme 

09h30 : Welcome with coffee
10h00 : Welcome and introduction
10h30 : Start demo 1
11h10 : Coffee break
11h15 : Start hands-on 1 
12h45 : Lunch
13h15 : Start demo 2 
13h30 : Start hands-on 2
15h00 : Coffee break
15h15 : Start demo 3 
16h15 : Closing 
16h30 : End  

Price

• Sirris or CompositeBoost members: €400 (ex. VAT)
• non-members: €500 (ex. VAT)
• when participating in the 2 sessions: per session, €275 (ex. VAT) for members and €400 (ex. VAT) for non-members   

For these hands-on sessions Flemish SMEs can use KMO-portefeuille. “Kmo-portefeuille” must be requested at the latest 14 days after the hands-on session. If not, your application will be refused. (Sirris accreditation no. : DV.O105154). 

For more information about KMO-portefeuille: http://www.vlaio.be/nieuws/we-stellen-u-de-vernieuwde-kmo-portefeuille-voor 

This session is organised in the context of the CompositeBoost project. 

More info about the second hands-on session 'Vacuum infusion and prepreg layup' is available here.