Message From The Editor
My week of composites training
I learned about ACT, the Advanced Composite Training program through Ray Bilsky at Rayplex, who is one of our advertisers. He explained that there are few ways for a technician to get training in composites, yet there is significant demand for those skills. I looked into the courses on the ACT website and decided that I wanted to take the introductory course myself.
I spent all of last week at their facilities in London, Ontario. In addition to receiving a useful training manual, there were several hands-on exercises and opportunities to actually use the materials. Our small group of five students including myself, cut pieces of foam core, measured out cloth of several different types and then we mixed resin to do test layups and vacuum bagging procedures.
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