Aerospace composites microwave processing with the 2.45 GHz HEPHAISTOS system

Author

Feher, L. ; Flach, A. ; Nuss, V. ; Seitz, T. ; Thumm, M.

Author_Institution

IHM, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany

fYear

2004

fDate

27 Sept.-1 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

833

Lastpage

834

Abstract

A lot of individual technological solutions in industries, where the physical benefits of using microwaves result finally in commercial gain, have been developed. Investigations on heating CFRP (carbon fibre reinforced plastics) with microwaves have been undertaken for decades but failed due to the lack of a sufficient homogeneous electromagnetic heating field or reasonable costs for suitable sources and components providing industrial scale up. The HEPHAISTOS concept originally developed and patented at FZK solves these long existing problems.

Keywords

aerospace industry; aerospace materials; carbon fibre reinforced plastics; microwave heating; 2.45 GHz; C; CFRP; HEPHAISTOS system; aerospace composites; carbon fibre reinforced plastics; homogeneous electromagnetic heating field; individual technological solutions; microwave processing; Composite materials; Conducting materials; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic heating; Microwave ovens; Microwave technology; Organic materials; Plasma temperature; Temperature distribution; Thermal conductivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2004 and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2004. Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8490-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2004.1422353

Filename

1422353