The invention relates to a forming method and application of a carbon
fiber sandwich structure, and belongs to the technical field of
composite material forming. The forming method comprises the following steps: spraying gel coats on forming surfaces and parting seams of the upper mold and the lower mold; after the gel coat is cured, the surface of the gel coat is coated with an outer-layer
epoxy resin liquid material, then carbon
fiber cloth is laid on the outer-layer
epoxy resin liquid material, and the edge of the carbon
fiber cloth is located in the parting seam; a foam material inner core is obtained through
machining, and a plurality of through holes perpendicular to the surface of the foam material inner core are machined in the surface of the foam material inner core; brushing an inner layer
epoxy resin liquid material on the surface of the foam material inner core, putting the foam material inner core between an upper mold and a lower mold, closing the mold and heating; and demolding and
polishing the parting seam of the product. Compared with a conventional carbon fiber sandwich structure, a glue injection pipeline is eliminated, and upper and lower forming molds are used for mold closing preparation, so that
smooth surface forming of a special-shaped structure can be realized. And the front surface, the back surface and the
peripheral inner surface of the structure with the non-uniform thickness have the surface quality of an appearance surface.