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Melt Spinning Process (melt + spinning_process)
Selected AbstractsDisturbance Propagation in the Melt Spinning ProcessPROCEEDINGS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS & MECHANICS, Issue 1 2009Anthony McVeigh This work deals with the propagation of a disturbance acting on a fibre in the melt-spinning process, where molten polymer is ejected vertically downwards from an orifice before being drawn onto a wind-up spool. The disturbance may be produced by a sudden horizontal draught of air impinging on a part of the fibre. The flow is modeled as a wave propagating on a moving string under the influence of damping and variable tension. The amplitude of the disturbance is obtained in closed-form along the characteristics which emanate from the boundaries of the localised initial disturbance; the general solution of the damped disturbance is determined numerically. An important aspect of the model is the ability to predict the magnitude of this disturbance close to the orifice, where the extruded polymer is molten and therefore extremely sensitive to disturbances. (© 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source] Online temperature measurement and simultaneous diameter estimation of fibers by thermography of the spinline in the melt spinning processADVANCES IN POLYMER TECHNOLOGY, Issue 3 2004M. Golzar Abstract Online measurements of the temperature and the diameter of fibers in the melt spinning process of thermoplastics are discussed. The temperature and the diameter of fibers can be applied in many fields such as fiber formation modelling, cooling rate behavior (Nusselt number), and rheological investigations (apparent extensional viscosity) of polymers. The online measurements along the spinline were carried out with an infrared camera during the melt spinning process. Two different experiments were designed and carried out to find the correction factor, i.e., the emissivity. The results show that the emissivity correction factor depends on the polymer type and the fiber diameter. Usually the diameter of the fibers is measured by an instrument or by direct velocity measurements invoking the continuity equation. In this new approach the diameter is found directly by the evaluation of the measured temperature. Therefore only one apparatus, namely an infrared camera taking snapshots, is required to find the fiber diameter. The key of this method can be seen in the temperature difference between the fiber and the environment. A mathematical procedure was developed to estimate the diameter of the fiber from the distribution curve. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Adv Polym Techn 23: 176,185, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/adv.20008 [source] Melt Spinning of Bacterial Aliphatic Polyester Using Reactive Extrusion for Improvement of CrystallizationMACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE, Issue 6 2007Roland Vogel Abstract This paper reports on an attempt to use reactive extrusion with peroxide as a comfortable pathway for improvement of the crystallization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) in a melt spinning process. At first, rheological and thermal properties of the modified melts are determined in order to assess the effect of nucleation. Then spinning tests are carried out. Molecular weights and molecular weight distributions of the spun fibers are determined by chromatographic methods. Average crystallite size is measured by wide angle X-ray scattering. Thermal and textile properties of the spun PHB fibers are also determined. An estimation of the improvement of the crystallization in the spinline and of the inhibition of the secondary crystallization in the fibers from the use of the described way of reactive extrusion is given. [source] Effect of the age of a spin pack on the dyeing properties of poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibresCOLORATION TECHNOLOGY, Issue 2 2005Sule Altun The spin pack is an essential component of melt spinning processes. However, the age of the spin pack can affect the physical properties of polymers. The dyeing properties of poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibres over time in relation to spin pack age were investigated in the present study. With an increase in the age of the spin pack, an increase in colour strength and a decrease in fibre crystallinity were observed. The crystallinity decrease of the fibres through spin pack age was explained by the increase in polymer melt temperature due to increase in spin pack pressure. [source] | ||||||||||