Patent ID: 8900493

Claim:
A recycling process for recycling fiber-reinforced and/or fiber based semi-finished products and/or components ( 11 ) for later use in production of fiber-reinforced and/or fiber based semi-finished products and/or components, wherein the semi-finished products and/or components ( 11 ) are comprised of fibers ( 2 ) and a matrix material ( 3 ) and the fibers ( 2 ) are arranged in the matrix material ( 3 ) as fabric, unidirectional layers and/or plies and/or individual reinforcing fibers and/or reinforcing fiber bundles, comprising providing fiber-reinforced and/or fiber based semi-finished products and/or components ( 11 ) to be recycled, wherein fiber ( 2 ) is bonded by matrix material ( 3 ), separating the fiber ( 2 ) from the matrix material ( 3 ) to form free fibers ( 21 ) without changing the structure or orientation of the fibers, and immediately after separation, and without moving the fibers relative to each other, wetting the free fibers ( 21 ) with a binder ( 4 ) to form wetted fibers ( 22 ) having the structure and orientation of the recycled fiber-reinforced and/or fiber based semi-finished products and/or components ( 11 ).