High-Tech hull manufacturing

The vacuum infusion process is a technique that uses vacuum pressure to drive resin into a laminate. Materials are laid dry into a mould and the vacuum is applied before resin is introduced. Once a complete vacuum is achieved, resin is literally sucked into the laminate via carefully placed tubing.

Vacuum infusion process reduces the need for resins by up to 70%, which allows for a substantially lighter hull. It also provides a number of improvements over traditional laminating process. These benefits include better fiber-to-resin ratio, less wasted resin, very consistent resin usage, unlimited set-up time and the process is cleaner. Working conditions are good, too.

“Vacuum infusion process is a form of high-tech hull manufacturing”, says Nisse Luoma, who has more than 20 years of experience in vacuum assisted laminating.