PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Skovajsa, Michal
AU  - Sedlacek, Frantisek
AU  - Mrazek, Martin
TI  - Design of Multi-Part Mould for Production of a Medium-Large Carbon Fibre Component
DP  - 2020 Sep 7
TA  - Manufacturing Technology Journal
PG  - 378--384
VI  - 20
IP  - 3
AID - 10.21062/mft.2020.055
IS  - 12132489
AB  - This paper deals with the design of a multi-part mould for the production of a carbon fibre medium-large compo-nent. The design and forming of a medium-large component which is defined by a closed structure and has high demands on dimensional accuracy is a very complex process. The goal was to design a simple manufacturing pro-cess for a negative mould. There are many different ways to design and manufacture this type of mould. One pos-sible solution was designed and tested. This paper describes the case study of a carbon fibre monocoque of a small racing car. The first step was to define the requirements of the final product and the negative mould. The next step was to design a multi-part mould with one main parting plane and two minor parting planes and define the number of steps needed to build a negative mould. Another problem is how to define the position of the general anchor points that determine the final product. In this case the procedure of transferring the hole from a positive to a negative mould was defined.