Method for producing compressed, plastic-coated rovings

A method for producing compressed, plastic-coated fibers or rovings, consisting of substantially parallel filaments, starting from rovings consisting of plastic-coated filaments, characterized in that rovings, or a plurality of such rovings as a composite, consisting of substantially parallel filaments on which the plastic applied, optionally as a powder, is present in the molten or liquid state, are passed, after the coating, through a rotating device by means of which local rotation of the fibers is executed so that the individual threads in the method are twisted with one another in the form of rotations, starting from the rotating device, backward along the threads in the direction of the coating device, it being the case, however, that after passing through the rotating device there are no longer any rotations or there are rotations only to a small extent, so that, after passing through the rotating device, the filaments have no spiral revolutions per meter or only a small number thereof and are arranged substantially parallel and linear or straight.