Development of novel electromagnetic induction based manufacturing process for uniform and energy efficient composite cure

Traditional methods of composite cure, such as autoclaves, are energy intensive. Electromagnetic induction allows composites with conductive reinforcement, such as carbon fibre, or added conductive susceptors, to be heated directly and volumetrically. This minimises energy use as it is not necessary to heat the air and tooling surrounding the composite. A challenge to date has been achieving temperature uniformity within the composite, which is now being tackled.