A manufacturing method for a composite fabric material is disclosed, which
includes: holding a bundle of fibers under tension, the fiber being
continuous filaments of carbon fibers, aramid fibers, or glass fibers,
etc.; placing a layer of a matrix material over and under the fiber
bundle, the matrix material being a thermoplastic adhesive material such
as polyamide resins, thermoplastic polyurethane, or polyester, etc.;
heating the matrix material to melt it and applying a pressure on the
layers while the fiber bundle is under tension; and cooling the layers,
whereby the fibers are locked in place by the adhesive. Composite
material layers produced by the above steps may be laminated and further
processed or formed as desired. The composite fabric materials
manufactured by this method have superior tensile properties, compression
properties, impact properties, and impact dispersion and propagation
properties compared to composite fabric materials made with conventional
methods.