Besides producing a tougher boat, this process surpasses EPA emissions standards, substantially improving the environment both inside and outside the manufacturing facility. Manufacturing facilities are digitally connected to a VEC Solutions Center. In the boat-building industry, VEC technology is primarily used for producing hulls, but will be used for other fiberglass parts as well, including decking, stringers and small components. The process has been compared to the manufacturing revolution not unlike the introduction of the assembly line by Henry Ford. Larson and Glastron boat models.
Production takes place in a clean, automated and self-contained cell.
The process begins with a spray of gelcoat on the mold skin by workers. Then precut pieces of proprietary fiberglass material along with precision-molded urethane foam sections are laid into the mold sections. The two mold halves are then joined together and a precise mixture of resin and catalyst are injected, under pressure, into the space between the mold halves. Water surrounding the mold supports it against this pressure and controls the temperature of the molded parts as it cures. Boats are built four times faster using VEC technology.