| abstract |
According to one embodiment of the invention, a co-cured vacuum-assistednresin transfer molding manufacturing method includes providing antool base (304), disposing a prepreg skin panel (202) outwardly from thentool base (304), disposing one or more tooling details (302) outwardlynfrom the prepreg skin panel (202), and disposing one or more performsn(204) proximate the one or more tooling details (302). The one or morenpreforms (204) are either dry or binderized. The method further includesndisposing a high permeability medium (310) between the one or morentooling details (302) and the one or more performs (204) , enclosing thenprepreg skin panel (202), the one or more tooling details (302), the one ornmore performs (204), and the high permeability medium (310) with atnleast one vacuum bag (320), pulling a vacuum on the vacuum bag (320),ninfusing the one or more preforms (204) with a resin, and curing the onenor more preforms (204) and the prepreg skin panel (202). |