On the determination of thermal degradation effects and detection techniques for thermoplastic composites obtained by automatic lamination

Automatic lay-up and in-situ consolidation with thermoplastic composite materials is a technology under research for its expected use in the profitable manufacturing of structural aeronautical parts. This study is devoted to analysing the possible effects of thermal degradation produced by this manufacturing technique.  Rheological measurements showed that there is negligible degradation in PEEK for the…