GB1190899489014900090
SONAR DOME. THIS PRODUCT IS A BOW MOUNTED SONAR DOME WHICH IS FITTED ONTO THE HULL OF A SHIP. IT ACTS AS PROTECTION FOR THE SHIPS SONAR SYSTEM, AND IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED A SPECIALISED PART. THE DOME IS CONSTRUCTED FROM GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC (GRP) WHICH COMPRISES INDIVIDUAL LAYERS OF WOVEN GLASS STRANDS, HELD TOGETHER BY AN EPOXY RESIN MATRIX. THE DOME IS CONSTRUCTED BY LAMINATING LAYERS OF THE GLASS MATERIAL INTO A MOULD AND SUBJECTING THE STRUCTURE TO GRADUAL ELEVATED TEMPERATURES. THIS CURES AND HARDENS THE RESIN SYSTEM PRIOR TO REMOVAL FROM THE MOULD.