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This is copyrighted material. The material appears to be copied from: http://composite.about.com/library/glossary/c/bldef-c1203.htm where the original text reads: Definition: A method of molding in which the molding material, generally preheated, is first placed in an open, heated mold cavity. The mold is closed with a top force or plug member, pressure is applied to force the material into contact with all mold areas, and heat and pressure are maintained until the molding material has cured. The process employs thermosetting resins in a partially cured stage, either in the form of granules, putty-like masses, or preforms. Compression molding is a high-volume, high-pressure method suitable for molding complex, high-strength fiberglass reinforcements. Advanced composite thermoplastics can also be compression molded with unidirectional tapes, woven fabrics, randomly orientated fiber mat or chopped strand. The advantage of compression molding is its ability to mold large, fairly intricate parts. Compression molding produces fewer knit lines and less fiber-length degradation than injection molding. Definition Copyright ©1989 CRC Press LLC. All rights reserved.
More then that, it is not correct! compression molding was used much earlier, for instance to cure rubber.
Rotor DB (talk) 17:19, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
This whole article looks copy-pasted. For instance, what is "Ref 3," cited at the end of more than a few sections? Steidl001 (talk) 11:22, 8 November 2015 (UTC)