Integrating CFTP repair technologies in manufacturing processes: An approach for prepreg processes

The increasing demand for composite products made from carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) raises the amount of damages occurring during their use in a large variety and number. Several repair techniques have been developed in recent years in order to address ecological concerns related to the usage of CFRPs. Nevertheless according to the current state of the art damaged high performance products are disposed in most cases. In this paper a methodology is presented on how to establish repair as a process in prepreg and autoclave based manufacturing. Furthermore the results of a practical implementation in the research laboratory “Green Factory Bavaria” are shown.