is
part of
the Delft University of Technologies and stands
for; Simulation Motion and Navigation, is
a resaerch simulator for various purposes. Such
purposes for example can be aircraft, cars or
vessels. It consist of the shuttle itself and a
internal frame work on wich the verious mask' can be mounted.
The product needed to
consist out of two Skirt shells. For matching
considerations it was favorable to manufacture the
whole product in a single mould.
The orientation of the
mould is upside down in relation to that of the
skirt. This is done in order to have gravity as a
helping factor in forming the sandwich laminate into
the mould. It was then also much easier to apply the
laminate into the mould for the workers in this fashion.
The negative mould
features a number of vertical and horizontal wooden
frames that describe the Skirt geometry. These frames
are covered with a flexible mat that closely follows
the frame geometry. An FRP glass layer covers this
mat and provides a high quality mould surface.
The vertical wooden frames
are orientated perpendicular to the side and frontal
window planes. This is done to create a good
attachment medium and orientation reference for the
windowpanes mould, which are part of the whole mould assembly.
In
all, the vertical,
horizontal and special rigging frames form a
self-alinging relative stiff structure.
H.
Cremer.
