Apparatus and method for producing a fiber-reinforced injection molded component

An apparatus for producing a fiber-reinforced injection molded component comprising:

• an injection mold half with a first receiving chamber partially open to a cavity part of the injection mold half and a second receiving chamber partially open to the cavity part of the injection mold half;
• a first feed channel open to the first receiving chamber and communicatingly connected to a surroundings of the injection mold half and a second feed channel open to the second receiving chamber and communicatingly connected to a surroundings of the injection mold half;
• at least one feed device for feeding a first band section of a fiber-reinforced plastics band from outside the injection mold half into the first receiving chamber via the first feed channel and a second band section of the fiber-reinforced plastics band into the second receiving chamber via the second feed channel;
• a first clamping device arranged in an initial region of the first receiving chamber arranged closer to the first feed channel, a second clamping device arranged in an end region of the first receiving chamber at a further distant from the first feed channel than the first clamping device, another first clamping device arranged in an initial region of the second receiving chamber arranged closer to the second feed channel, another second clamping device arranged in an end region of the second receiving chamber at a further distant from the first feed channel than the first clamping device, wherein the first clamping device and the second clamping device are configured to clamp the first band section fed into the first receiving chamber and the another first clamping device and the another second clamping device are configured to clamp the second band section fed into the second receiving chamber;
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• a first cut-through device arranged in the initial region of the first receiving chamber, a second cut-through device arranged in the end region of the first receiving chamber, another first cut-through device arranged in the initial region of the second receiving chamber, and another second cut-through device arranged in the end region of the second receiving chamber, wherein the first and second cut-through devices are configured to cut and separate an intermediate portion of the first band section located between the first and second clamping devices from the first band section fed into the first receiving chamber, and the another first and another second cut-through devices are configured to cut and separate an intermediate portion of the second band section located between the another first and another second clamping devices from the second band section fed into the second receiving chamber,
• wherein the injection mold half is configured to rotate such that the at least one feed device is connected to the first feed channel in a first state and connected to the second feed channel in a second state.