a method and apparatus for reclaiming scrap produced in the manufacture of fabric reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet material so that the scrap may be worked , banded and calendered or extruded to form a finished product . the reclaiming or reworking of the material is made possible by first means for tearing the fabric fibers embedded in the thermoplastic resin into discrete finite lengths , means for mixing the resulting fibers and resin and means for forming the mixture into a new sheet of thermoplastic resin material suitable for many commercial uses . the tearing of the textile fibers embedded in the scrap into minute lengths is accomplished by means for applying shearing force to the opposite surfaces of the segments of scrap , in directions parallel to the surfaces .