of the filaments or twisting of the tape mounted on the bed 32 are apart from the wound packages 34 the various components allowing the tape to be manufactured the imposed tension in the tape at the moment it is applied to the liner is provided by passage of the filaments through the manufacturing components the filaments are brought together so as to be parallel by means of a comb 35 into the form of a sheet n which enters a zone 36 where it is heated to a temperature reaching at least the melting point of the thermoplastic without reaching the softening temperature of the reinforcing fibers next the sheet n is made to run through a rotating impregnation device 37 while keeping the thermoplastic hot and malleable in order to distribute it uniformly and guarantee complete impregnation of the reinforcing fibers with the thermoplastic next the sheet n passes through a shaping and centering device 38 while maintaining its temperature at a level sufficient to maintain the thermoplastic in the malleable state so as to obtain a tape r formed by bringing the yarns close together thus creating transverse continuity finally the tape is conveyed to the applicator 31 which includes internal heating means for maintaining the malleability of the thermoplastic of the tape the mechanism 33 for supporting the applicator 31 is placed on the common bed 32 which is able to move and is controlled by the.