PREFORM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THERMOPLASTIC PREFORMS

摘要

The method uses heating to prepare batches of a mouldable fibre- reinforced thermoplastic material specifically for a moulded article to be produced. The method involves heating a free-flowing intermediate of fibres and binder containing thermoplastic as a strand and cutting off a specific batch from the strand for passing on to further processing. The apparatus has a melting device with a melting channel, through which the material to be processed is forced as a continuous strand, and a cooling station.