Thermoplastic composite laminate and articles manufactured therefrom

A thermoplastic composite laminate comprising in order of:

• (a) a top layer composed of at least one polycarbonate sheet;
• (b) a fabric layer composed of a fabric comprising aromatic polyamide fibers and an adhesion aid;
• and
• (c) a bottom layer composed of at least one polycarbonate sheet;
• wherein
• the top layer (a) is bound to the first surface of the fabric layer (b), and the bottom layer (c) is bound to the second surface of the fabric layer (b);
• the aromatic polyamide fibers are produced from poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) homopolymer, poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) copolymer, poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) homopolymer, poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) copolymer, polysulfonamide homopolymer, polysulfonamide copolymer, or a mixture thereof;
• the adhesion aid comprises polycarbonate oligomers have a weight average molecular weight of about 6500 or less;
• and
• the thermoplastic composite laminate has an increase of about 30% or more in the shear strength as compared to that of a comparative laminate having the same fabric without the adhesion aid for the fabric layer (b), wherein the shear strength is measured according to the method of GB7124.