Polyester

Background

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Polyester is used in the manufacture of many products, including clothing, home furnishings,Silicone Baby Bottle Cover, computer and recording tapes, and electrical insulation.Silicone Face Brush. It does not absorb moisture, but does absorb oil;Silicone Teether-, soil-, and fire-Silicone ChildrenS Dinner Plate. Its low absorbency also makes it naturally resistant to stains.Silicone Pet Placemat,Silicone Pet Slow Food Device.Silicone Pet Foot Washing Cup, and not damaged by mildew.Silicone Pet Supplies, nonallergenic insulator, so the material is used for filling pillows, quilting, outerwear, and sleeping bags.

History

In 1926,Silicone Ladies Bag-based E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.Silicone Bracelet. This early research, headed by W.H. Carothers,Big Silicone Bag, 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,Rabbit Silicone Wallet. The company conducted some further developmental work, and in 1951, began to market the fiber under the name Dacron.Silicone Wallet With A Heart Shape,Silicone Gifts. 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.Silicone Fresh-Keeping Bag, though PCDT is more elastic and resilient. PCDT is suited to the heavier consumer uses, such as draperies and furniture coverings.Silicone Coaster.

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,Silicone Placemat. In this process, ethylene is the polymer, the chemical building block of polyester,Silicone Cake Mould.

The Manufacturing
Process

Polyester is manufactured by one of several methods.Silicone Soap Dish. The four basic forms are filament,Silicone Gloves, tow, and fiberfill. In the filament form,Bow Silicone Cup Lid, producing smooth-Flower Silicone Lid.Silicone Lid Can Contain Spoon, filaments are cut to short,Fruit Silicone Cup Lid.Square Silica Gel Ice Cube. 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.Heart-shaped Silicone Ice Cube.

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-Silicone Ice Lattice For Making Balls,6 Well Silicone Cake Mold, is extruded through a slot to form long ribbons.

Drying

• 3 After the polyester emerges from polymerization,Werewolf Kill Pop It-werewolf It. 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.Oversized Page Pop It, which are usually round,Double Chessboard Fidget. The number of holes in the spinneret determines the size of the yarn,Ice Cream Fidget.
• 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,Silicone Daily Necessities. 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,PPR FITTINGS MADE IN CHINA.
• PPR BRASS FITTING,PPR FITTINGS. Also,PPR Double Female Elbow,Pert Pipe.

Winding

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

Pex-a Evoh Pipes

Pex-A Pipe, 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,PPR Copper Coupler. The rope-PPR Copper Reducer.

Drawing tow

• 1 Newly-PPR Copper Elbow 90°.PPR Copper Elbow 45°.

Crimping

• 2 Drawn tow is then fed into compression boxes,PPR Copper Reduction Tee, at a rate of 9-15 crimps per inch (3-6 per cm).PPR Copper Female Tee.

Setting

• 3 After the tow is crimped, it is heated at 212-302°F (100-150°C)PPR Copper Male Tee.PPR Copper Female Socket.

Cutting

• 4 Following heat setting,PPR Copper Fittings. 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)PPR Male Adapter.Elbow with Female Coupling, such ascarpet,polyester filaments are cut into 6 inch (15 cm)Under Plaster Group.

The Future

Double Female Elbow,PPR Pipe Clip's fastest-growing fiber.PPR Female Union. 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,PPR Female Threaded Union, was introduced to the public in 1991. More luxurious and versatile than traditional polyester,Plastic Union. Clothing designers such as Mary McFadden have created a line of clothes using this new form of polyester.PPR Handle Wheel Stop Valves, a superfiber material used to make bulletproof vests. This type of polyester may eventually be used as composite materials for cars and airplanes.