Method for forming a fiber-reinforced cable tie

A method for forming a fiber-reinforced cable tie comprising:

• placing at least one reinforcing fiber in a mold cavity;
• injecting a molten material in said mold cavity, said molten material defining a moving melt front during said injection;
• and
• maintaining a position of said at least one reinforcing fiber within said mold cavity at said moving melt front during said injecting, whereby said at least one reinforcing fiber is substantially encapsulated by said molten material by slidingly advancing a moveable fiber guide along said mold cavity by said moving melt front during said injecting, wherein said at least one reinforcing fiber is maintained in said position by the fiber guide, and wherein said fiber guide alternately grips and releases the at least one reinforcing fiber at said melt front during said injecting of said molten material in said mold cavity.

A method for forming a fiber-reinforced cable tie comprising:

• placing at least one reinforcing fiber in a mold cavity;
• injecting a molten material in said mold cavity, said molten material defining a moving melt front during said injection;
• and
• maintaining a position of said at least one reinforcing fiber within said mold cavity at said moving melt front during said injecting by slidingly advancing a moveable fiber guide along said mold cavity by said moving melt front during said injecting, whereby said at least one reinforcing fiber is substantially encapsulated by said molten material, wherein said mold cavity includes the fiber guide therein and said at least one reinforcing fiber extends through said fiber guide, and wherein said fiber guide includes a plurality of pairs of opposed sliders movably supported in said mold cavity that alternately grip and release said at least one reinforcing fiber placed in said mold cavity.