Patent ID: 8337731

Claim:
A method for use with a multi-shot, continuous-fiber resin transfer molding process, wherein a continuous feed of fabric is provided to tooling, and wherein at a top of the tooling there is an interface between unprocessed fabric in a fabric-storage region and the fabric being processed by the tooling in a molding region, and wherein, for at least a portion of the time that the fabric is being processed, a first pressure in the fabric-storage region is different from a second pressure in the molding region, wherein the method comprises: feeding the fabric vertically downward to the molding region, wherein continuity of fiber is maintained between the unprocessed fabric in the fabric-storage region and the fabric in the molding region; and maintaining resin at a first level in a resin reservoir that is disposed at a top of the molding region, the first level being sufficient to ensure that the fabric being processed that is near to and below the interface remains full of resin.