Polyester

Background

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Polyester is used in the manufacture of many products, including clothing, home furnishings,Butterfly Valve, computer and recording tapes, and electrical insulation.Cast Steel Swing Check Valve 300-5000wog. It does not absorb moisture, but does absorb oil;Stainless Steel Ball Check Valve-, soil-, and fire-Forged Lift Check Valve Class 800#. Its low absorbency also makes it naturally resistant to stains.Swing Check Valve,Threaded Check Valve.Lcc Flanged Check Valve Class 150#, and not damaged by mildew.Check Valve, nonallergenic insulator, so the material is used for filling pillows, quilting, outerwear, and sleeping bags.

History

In 1926,Grooved Ductile Iron Ball Valve-based E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.Grooved Ball Valve. This early research, headed by W.H. Carothers,Ductile Iron Ball Valve Full Port, 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 1946,2pc Cast Steel Ball Valve Full Port 2500-5000wog. The company conducted some further developmental work, and in 1951, began to market the fiber under the name Dacron.Ductile Iron Bolted Ball Valve Reduced Port 1000-2000wog,Bolted Ball Valve. 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.Cast Steel Bolted Ball Valve Reduced Port 3000wog, though PCDT is more elastic and resilient. PCDT is suited to the heavier consumer uses, such as draperies and furniture coverings.4c Bolted Ball Valve Full Port 5000wog.

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,Cast Steel Floating Flanged Ball Valve Class 150#. In this process, ethylene is the polymer, the chemical building block of polyester,Cast Steel Floating Flanged Ball Valve Class 600#.

The Manufacturing
Process

Polyester is manufactured by one of several methods.Stainless Steel Floating Flanged Ball Valve Class 150#. The four basic forms are filament,Trunnion Ball Valve, tow, and fiberfill. In the filament form,Cast Iron Flanged Ball Valve, producing smooth-Cast Iron Floating Flanged Ball Valve JIS 10k.Ball Valve JIS 10k, filaments are cut to short,Ball Valve ANSI.Stainless Steel Floating Flanged Ball Valve Class. 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.Cast Iron Floating Flanged Ball Valve JIS 16k.

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-Flnaged Ball Valve,Ball Valve, is extruded through a slot to form long ribbons.

Drying

• 3 After the polyester emerges from polymerization,Custom Printed Your Own Logo Cardboard Packaging Yellow Brown Kraft Gift Craft Shopping Paper Bag with Handles. 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.To Go Containers Food Disposable Wheat Straw Bento Box Microwavable Lunch, which are usually round,Compostable Grease Proof Bagasse Pulp Lunch Packaging Box Food Container. The number of holes in the spinneret determines the size of the yarn,Gift Card Carrier Box.
• 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,Hexagon Box. 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,Paper Box With Custom Logo.
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Winding

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

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Stone Paper Books, 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,Stone Paper Eco Friendly Tissue Holder. The rope-Stone Carton Board 2mm.

Drawing tow

• 1 Newly-Stone Carton Board 3mm.Stone Paper Carton Board.

Crimping

• 2 Drawn tow is then fed into compression boxes,Stone Paper Film 60um, at a rate of 9-15 crimps per inch (3-6 per cm).Stone Paper Film.

Setting

• 3 After the tow is crimped, it is heated at 212-302°F (100-150°C)Stone Card Paper 250um.Stone Paper 180um.

Cutting

• 4 Following heat setting,Stone Paper Soft. 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)Full Automatic Marshmallow Production Line.Deposited Marshmallow Line, such ascarpet,polyester filaments are cut into 6 inch (15 cm)Full Automatic Extruded Marshmallow Production Line.

The Future

Popping Boba Line,Chocolate Blocks Guitar Cutter's fastest-growing fiber.Chocolate Slicing Machine. 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,Small Chocolate Machine, was introduced to the public in 1991. More luxurious and versatile than traditional polyester,Chocolate Enrobing Line. Clothing designers such as Mary McFadden have created a line of clothes using this new form of polyester.Chocolate Tempering Machine, a superfiber material used to make bulletproof vests. This type of polyester may eventually be used as composite materials for cars and airplanes.