Molding method for curable poly(arylene ether) composition and article thereby

A method of compression molding a curable composition, comprising:

• introducing a curable poly(arylene ether) composition into a compression mold;
• closing the mold a first time and applying to the curable poly(arylene ether) composition a first temperature of about 130 to about 170° C. and a first pressure of about 2,000 to about 20,000 kilopascals for about 5 to about 60 seconds;
• opening the mold for about 0.01 to about 1 second;
• and
• closing the mold a second time and applying to the curable poly(arylene ether) composition a second temperature of about 130 to about 170° C. and a second pressure about 2,000 to about 20,000 kilopascals for about 20 to about 100 seconds;
• wherein the curable poly(arylene ether) composition comprises
• a (meth)acrylate-capped poly(arylene ether) resin,
• an acryloyl monomer comprising at least two acryloyl moieties, and
• a filler.

A method of compression molding a curable composition, comprising:

• introducing a curable poly(arylene ether) composition into a compression mold;
• closing the mold a first time and applying to the curable poly(arylene ether) composition a first temperature of about 140 to about 160° C. and a first pressure of about 4,000 to about 10,000 kilopascals for about 10 to about 30 seconds;
• opening the mold for about 0.01 to about 0.1 second;
• and
• closing the mold a second time and applying to the curable poly(arylene ether) composition a second temperature of about 140 to about 160° C. and a second pressure of about 4,000 to about 10,000 kilopascals for about 20 to about 100 seconds;
• wherein the curable poly(arylene ether) composition comprises
• a functionalized poly(arylene ether) comprising a (meth)acrylate-monocapped poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) resin or a (meth)acrylate-dicapped poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) resin;
• wherein the functionalized poly(arylene ether) has an intrinsic viscosity of about 0.2 to about 0.3 deciliters per gram measured at 25° C. in chloroform,
• an acryloyl monomer selected from trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate, ethoxylated trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate, neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate, dipropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, ethoxylated bisphenol A di(meth)acrylate, ethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, and mixtures thereof, and
• a filler.