Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroshi Kawada

Kuniharu Mori

Tatsuki Matsuo

Toshiaki Hokudoh

Yoshinobu Takahashi

Takeru Toida

A molding material for thermoplastic composites is provided. The molding material is prepared from a commingled yarn containing continuous thermoplastic fibers and continuous reinforcing fibers, in a form of threads, textile fabrics, knitted fabrics, or multiaxial laminated fabrics, wherein the fiber commingling parameter of said continuous reinforcing fibers in said commingled yarn is 20% or more, and wherein the orientation index after heat treatment of said continuous thermoplastic fibers is 0.3 or more, and/or the thermal shrinkage ratio of said continuous thermoplastic fibers is 15% or less.

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Ohtsu, Japan

Hiroshi Kawada