Vacuum Assisted Process (VAP) for making fibre-reinforced plastic parts using vacuum engineering. The injection process was developed and patented by EADS and is offered worldwide by SAERTEX as general licensee. It works using membrane-supported low-pressure infiltration engineering.

The component to be infiltrated is covered by a gas-porous micro porous membrane constituting a resin barrier. The resin is held back and remains in the component chamber. Gas and air bubbles are greatly reduced.

The benefits of VAP – which has become popular in civil and military aviation (e.g. on the A380) as well as in the car industry and in making rotor blades for wind energy plant - are evident in the component quality and process safety.

SAERTEX offers special training courses, development supervision and support in VAP projects.

Downloadable VAP brochure