Molded article made of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material

摘要

A process for producing a molded article made of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, the process comprising the following steps of: providing a molding machine comprising a plasticizing apparatus (3) of a screwing injector type having an opening for receiving raw materials, an apparatus for feeding the raw materials to the plasticizing apparatus and a molding apparatus (8) having a cavity; feeding both thermoplastic material (2) in a solid state and reinforcing fibers (5) with a length from about 3mm to about 50mm simultaneously into the plasticizing apparatus through the opening from the feeding apparatus; melting the thermoplastic material and kneading the thermoplastic material and the reinforcing fibers in the plasticizing apparatus to produce kneaded material comprising the thermoplastic material and the reinforcing fibers; supplying the kneaded material to the molding apparatus from the plasticizing apparatus; and molding the kneaded material into the molded article in the cavity is provided. Also, a molded article made of the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material which is obtained by the above process and contains the reinforcing fibers with a weight average length of about 2 mm or more is provided.