ADVANTAGES

 High throughput rate

 High material usage (low process waste)
 Able to use wide variety of reinforcement types, forms and styles with many
thrmosetting resins and fillers
 Complex thin walled shapes can be fabricated (traditionally extruded in
aluminum, PVC)
 Can fabricate extremely large parts
 Can fabricate any transportable length parts
 This can be a very fast, and therefore economic, way of impregnating and curing
materials.
 Resin content can be accurately controlled.
 Fibre cost is minimised since the majority is taken from a creel.
 Structural properties of laminates can be very good since the profiles have very
straight fibres and high fibre volume fractions can be obtained.
 Resin impregnation area can be enclosed thus limiting volatile emissions.

DISADVANTAGE
 Cross-sections must generally form
 Difficult to maintain tight tolerance
 Quick curing resin systems typically have lower mechanical properties
 Complexity of process - problems resulting from resin and fibers accumulating
and building up at die entrance
 Parts are run resin rich to account for fiber anomalies, strength is sacrificed
 Voids may result in parts if excessive opening given at die entrance
 Limited to constant or near constant cross-section components
Heated die costs can be high.