Patent ID: 8920693

Claim:
A method for the production of a fiber-reinforced, thermoplastic polymer, said method comprising the steps of: providing at least one fiber strand having a plurality of fibers; providing an extrusion die, the extrusion die comprising; a fanning body having a neck and a semispherical head, the fanning body further having at least one intake opening for receiving a polymer melt and at least one discharge opening for discharging the polymer melt; a hood encompassing the fanning body, the hood having a central opening beyond the fanning body for extruding the at least one fiber strand and polymer melt; feeding said at least one fiber strand into said extrusion die so that said at least one fiber strand is fanned out on the semispherical head of the fanning body in said extrusion die; impregnating said at least one fiber strand with a polymer melt while it is in said extrusion die and while it is in said fanned out state; and extracting said at least one fiber strand which has been impregnated with said polymer from said extrusion die.