CHASSIS

The manufacture of the chassis is the most time and where the slightest mistake
production is not supported, because it could ruin months of hard work.
For build the chassis we need a mold, were the carbon fiber are glued to the specifications
of orientation of the planes designed by engineers.
This is vital when it comes to creating a finished piece in this material, since the
orientation of the fibers largely determine the fatigue strength of the workpiece and
flexibility. For a thickness of about 1 millimeter about 3 to 4 layers of carbon fiber are
needed. The thickness of a current chassis would be between 3 and 5 centimeters.
In manufacturing the monocoque is carried out a series of compacts consisting vacuum
pressurizing the layers placed in the mold, this ensures perfect compaction of the carbon
fiber layers to each other before curing.
When you have finished paying all the layers on each other in the mold fiber, it's time to
'cook it in the oven to dry the resin and the workpiece for the desired stiffness. The leading
resin impregnated each layer determine the final degree of rigidity.
Once the vacuum bag with its respective valve is placed, it is found to have no negative
pressure loss and proceeds to place it in the oven for curing. Curing typically takes about
3 to 4 hours at a temperature of up to 180 and under a pressure which compress the layers
to about 120 kilos per square centimeter.

Fuente: http://www.caranddriverthef1.com/formula1/articulos/2013/06/06/75555-fibra-
de-carbono-f1-tecnico-los-materiales-compuestos
Sebastián Lorenzo