Polyester

Background

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

History

In 1926,Lcc Flanged Check Valve Class 150#-based E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.Check Valve. This early research, headed by W.H. Carothers,Grooved Ductile Iron Ball Valve, 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,Grooved Ball Valve. The company conducted some further developmental work, and in 1951, began to market the fiber under the name Dacron.Ductile Iron Ball Valve Full Port,2pc Cast Steel Ball Valve Full Port 2500-5000wog. 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.Ductile Iron Bolted Ball Valve Reduced Port 1000-2000wog, though PCDT is more elastic and resilient. PCDT is suited to the heavier consumer uses, such as draperies and furniture coverings.Bolted Ball Valve.

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 Bolted Ball Valve Reduced Port 3000wog. In this process, ethylene is the polymer, the chemical building block of polyester,4c Bolted Ball Valve Full Port 5000wog.

The Manufacturing
Process

Polyester is manufactured by one of several methods.Cast Steel Floating Flanged Ball Valve Class 150#. The four basic forms are filament,Cast Steel Floating Flanged Ball Valve Class 600#, tow, and fiberfill. In the filament form,Stainless Steel Floating Flanged Ball Valve Class 150#, producing smooth-Trunnion Ball Valve.Cast Iron Flanged Ball Valve, filaments are cut to short,Cast Iron Floating Flanged Ball Valve JIS 10k.Ball Valve JIS 10k. 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.Ball Valve ANSI.

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-Stainless Steel Floating Flanged Ball Valve Class,Cast Iron Floating Flanged Ball Valve JIS 16k, is extruded through a slot to form long ribbons.

Drying

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

Drawing tow

• 1 Newly-Stone Paper Eco Friendly Tissue Holder.Stone Carton Board 2mm.

Crimping

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

Setting

• 3 After the tow is crimped, it is heated at 212-302°F (100-150°C)Stone Paper Film 60um.Stone Paper Film.

Cutting

• 4 Following heat setting,Stone Card Paper 250um. 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)Stone Paper 180um.Stone Paper Soft, such ascarpet,polyester filaments are cut into 6 inch (15 cm)Full Automatic Marshmallow Production Line.

The Future

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