Polyamide molding material, molded articles that can be produced therefrom and the use thereof

Molding composition for producing high gloss, rigid polyamide shaped articles comprises 100 parts polyamide (PA) mixture (A); 40-235 parts reinforcing filler (B) and usual PA formulation additives (C). Molding composition for producing high gloss, rigid polyamide shaped articles comprises 100 parts polyamide (PA) mixture (A); 40-235 parts reinforcing filler (B) and usual PA formulation additives (C). (A) contains, by weight: (I) 0.5-95% semicrystalline linear PA; (II) 5-99% branched graft PA; (III) 0.5-40% amorphous PA; and (IV) 0-2% carbon black. (i) has a styrene-maleimide basic structure of formula (1) and/or (ii) is produced by hydrolytic polymerization of amino acids and/or lactams as basic components, with addition, to the melt of these components, of the following branching components (i) 5-150 mumole/g polymer of at least one trifunctional monomer, derived from an amine or carboxylic acid monomer, and (ii) 2-100 mumole/g polymer of an at least bifunctional monomer, i.e. a carboxylic acid when (i) is derived from an amine or an amine when (i) is derived from a carboxylic acid. m = 1-5; n = 3-15, such that molecular weight of the basic structure is 600-9000; X indicates the position of the grafted polyamino acid sidechain . An Independent claim is also included for shaped articles prepared from the new composition.