Method of manufacturing molding material containing metal fibers and apparatus therefor.

摘要

A method of manufacturing a molding material includes the steps of winding a thin metal strip (20) on the peripheral surface of a rotary shaft (10) a number of turns with a resin material (21) being interposed therebetween, cutting an end surface of the metal strip and the resin material by a cutting blade (51) while rotating said rotary shaft (10) to obtain a mixture of metal fibers and resin fibers (KS), and heating the fiber mixture to a temperature at which the resin fibers can be softened. In this way, a molding material (SS) in which the metal fibers are substantially uniformly dispersed in the resin material in a closely contacted state can be obtained easily. Furthermore, the contents of the metal fibers by volume in the molding material can be arbitrarily adjusted by changing the rate at which the metal strip and the resin material are wound around the rotary shaft.