Patent ID: 7077640

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing molded materials of a thermosetting resin composition by granulating a material of the thermosetting resin composition, comprising rolling rolls for rolling the molding material in a molten state into a sheet type material of a predetermined thickness, a first processing unit for processing the rolled sheet type material into a processed body of laterally arranged rows of elongated string-like materials of a predetermined width, or into a sheet type processed body having a multiplicity of slits extending in parallel with the sheet type material transferring direction, a cutter for cutting the processed body, which has been obtained by the first processing unit, in the processed body transferring direction to a predetermined length, a direction changing unit for changing the transfer direction of the processed body, which has been cut with the cutter, at 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal cutting line or slitting line of the processed body, and a second processing unit for cutting or slitting the processed body, the transfer direction of which has been changed by the direction changing unit, in parallel with the transfer direction thereof to a predetermined width.