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Fibre types known to have been processed by RTM include E, R & S glass, quartz, a wide variety of high-strength and high-modulus carbon fibres and aramids. No difficulties are known with any specific fibre type. For maximum quality in RTM moulding near instantaneous wet-out by resin is required. The resin needs to wet the reinforcing fibres naturally. Some difficulties have been experienced with glass fibre and cold cure phenolic resin combinations, but most resin-fibre combinations do not present difficulties. A simple check to verify that resin is naturally wicked up by the reinforcement at the injection temperature to be used is a sensible precaution to ensure compatibility at this level. This need be no more complex than placing a small quantity of resin on the reinforcement surface at the required temperature; if the resin is rapidly drawn into the reinforcement compatibility should be adequate.
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Potter, K. (1997). Materials for RTM. In: Resin Transfer Moulding. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0021-9_2
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