Molding method and apparatus

摘要

A method of and a molding device for compacting a fiber reinforced resinous material to form an article of manufacture in which reinforcement fibers contained in the fiber reinforced resinous material are oriented as desired. The device includes a die (1); a roll (2) opposed to the die; compressing means for pressing one of the die and the roll against the other of the die and the roll; and driving means for reciprocating and/or rotating one of the die and the roll relative to the resinous material (5). In this construction, the fiber reinforced resinous material is shaped into a predetermined configuration by compressing a number of times the fiber reinforced resinous material delivered by the pressing means until the fiber reinforced resinous material is compacted to a predetermined degree of compression. After the fiber reinforced resinous material has been compacted, the fiber reinforced resinous material is delivered by the drive means in a direction outwardly of the molding device with no need to apply any drawing force, thereby to continuously shape the fiber reinforced resinous material to provide shaped articles.