Polyester

Background

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Polyester is used in the manufacture of many products, including clothing, home furnishings,PU High Cut Safety Shoes, computer and recording tapes, and electrical insulation.PU Mid Cut Hiking Safety Shoes. It does not absorb moisture, but does absorb oil;Hiking Safety Shoes-, soil-, and fire-Leather PVC Bottom Safety Shoes. Its low absorbency also makes it naturally resistant to stains.PU And RUBBER Low Cut Safety Shoes,Embossed Leather Safety Shoes.Low Cut Textile Surface Safety Shoes, and not damaged by mildew.PU Low Cut Textile Safety Shoes, nonallergenic insulator, so the material is used for filling pillows, quilting, outerwear, and sleeping bags.

History

In 1926,Shockproof And Wearable Safety Shoes-based E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.RUBBER Low Cut Textile Surface Safety Shoes. This early research, headed by W.H. Carothers,Leather PU Bottom Safety Shoes, the first synthetic fiber. Soon after, in the years 1939-41, British research chemists took interest in the du Pont studies and conducted their own research in the laboratories of Calico Printers Association, Ltd. This work resulted in the creation of the polyester fiber known in England as Terylene.

In 1946,Waterproof Leather Safety Shoes. The company conducted some further developmental work, and in 1951, began to market the fiber under the name Dacron.Suede Leather Safety Shoes,Split Embossed Leather Safety Shoes. Today, there are two primary types of polyester, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and PCDT (poly-1, 4-cyclohexylene-dimethylene terephthalate). PET, the more popular type, is applicable to a wider variety of uses.RUBBER Low Cut Safety Shoes, though PCDT is more elastic and resilient. PCDT is suited to the heavier consumer uses, such as draperies and furniture coverings.Offset Print  Low Cut Safety Shoes.

Raw Materials

Polyester is a chemical term which can be broken intopoly,meaning many, andester,a basic organic chemical compound. The principle ingredient used in the manufacture of polyester is ethylene,PVC Mid Cut Safety Shoes. In this process, ethylene is the polymer, the chemical building block of polyester,KF12 Tungsten Steel Round Bar.

The Manufacturing
Process

Polyester is manufactured by one of several methods.Tungsten Steel A Punch. The four basic forms are filament,PG Punch, tow, and fiberfill. In the filament form,ASP-23 Forming Punch, producing smooth-High-speed Steel Titanium-plated Punch.Non-standard Tapping Punch, filaments are cut to short,KD20 Tungsten Steel Punch.CD650 Tungsten Steel Punch Needle. Tow is a form in which continuous filaments are drawn loosely together. Fiberfill is the voluminous form used in the manufacture of quilts, pillows, and outerwear.KR446 Tungsten Steel T Punch.

Manufacturing Filament Yarn

Polymerization

• 1 To form polyester, dimethyl terephthalate is first reacted with ethylene glycol in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature of 302-410°F (150-210°C).
• 2 The resulting chemical, a monomer (single, non-repeating molecule) alcohol, is combined with terephthalic acid and raised to a temperature of 472°F (280°C). Newly-WF15 Tungsten Steel Thimble,MC20 Tungsten Steel Notch Punch, is extruded through a slot to form long ribbons.

Drying

• 3 After the polyester emerges from polymerization,RD50 Tungsten Steel Flat Needle. The material is cut into tiny chips and completely dried to prevent irregularities in consistency.

Melt spinning

• 4 Polymer chips are melted at 500-518°F (260-270°C) to form a syrup-like solution.KG7 Tungsten Steel Insert, which are usually round,SKD61 Division Tube. The number of holes in the spinneret determines the size of the yarn,Tungsten Steel Notch Punch.
• 5 At the spinning stage, other chemicals may be added to the solution to make the resulting material flame retardant, antistatic, or easier to dye.

Drawing the fiber

• 6 When polyester emerges from the spinneret,Son And Mother Punch. The stretching forces the random polyester molecules to align in a parallel formation. This increases the strength, tenacity, and resilience of the fiber. This time, when the filaments dry,Pulling Teeth And Punching Needles.
• SKD61 Division Needle,PG Optical Grinding Processing. Also,Archie Oil Cutting Processing,Centerless Grinding Precision Machining.

Winding

• 8 After the polyester yarn is drawn, it is wound on large bobbins or flat-wound packages, ready to be woven into material.

Precision Tungsten Steel EDM

Tungsten Steel Slow Wire Processing, polymerization, drying, and melt spinning (steps 1-4 above) are much the same as in the manufacture of filament yarn. However, in the melt spinning process,Tungsten Steel Processing. The rope-Tungsten Steel Round Bar.

Drawing tow

• 1 Newly-Tungsten Steel Sheet.Tungsten Steel Fine Grinding Rod.

Crimping

• 2 Drawn tow is then fed into compression boxes,Tungsten Steel Threading Hole Rod, at a rate of 9-15 crimps per inch (3-6 per cm).Tungsten Steel Needle Gauge.

Setting

• 3 After the tow is crimped, it is heated at 212-302°F (100-150°C)Tungsten Steel Measuring Tool.Tungsten Steel Plug Gauge.

Cutting

• 4 Following heat setting,Non-magnetic Tungsten Steel. Polyester that will be blended with cotton is cut in 1.25-1.50 inch (3.2-3.8 cm) pieces; for rayon blends, 2 inch (5 cm)Carbide Safety Hammer.KF12 Tungsten Steel Round Bar for High Speed Stamping, such ascarpet,polyester filaments are cut into 6 inch (15 cm)EDM Tungsten Steel Sheet Material.

The Future

GF20 Tungsten Steel Sheet,Cemented Carbide Ball's fastest-growing fiber.Tungsten Steel Ball. However, polyester has suffered an "image problem" since that time, and clothes made out of polyester were often devalued and even ridiculed. Several new forms of polyester introduced in the early 1990s may help revitalize the image of polyester. A new form of polyester fiber,ST7 Hard Alloy Core For Cold Heading Die, was introduced to the public in 1991. More luxurious and versatile than traditional polyester,K44 Tungsten Steel Fine Grinding Rod. Clothing designers such as Mary McFadden have created a line of clothes using this new form of polyester.Tungsten Steel Single Straight Hole Threaded Round Rod With, a superfiber material used to make bulletproof vests. This type of polyester may eventually be used as composite materials for cars and airplanes.