Basic requirement for any composites manufacturing facility or business is attaining expertise in manufacturing of the final product. The product must have excellent finish, longer life in terms of strength, repeatable quality and should be cost effective. In order to achieve these features, mold manufacturing and its surface finish need to be carried out with great care and expertise.

This lecture aims at giving theoretical and practical knowledge for producing top class molds which are derived from plugs with budget friendly expenses. Main sections of this course include tutorials on plug construction, composites molds construction and explanation of surface features of molds, simple techniques to verify quality of plugs and molds.

Lecture includes pictorial, video and audio aids for better understanding

Time duration: 280 minutes (divided into five lectures)