Polyester



Background

Silicone Soap Dish, air, water, and petroleum. Developed in a 20th-century laboratory,Silicone Gloves. In this reaction,Bow Silicone Cup Lid.Flower Silicone Lid.

Polyester is used in the manufacture of many products, including clothing, home furnishings,Silicone Lid Can Contain Spoon, computer and recording tapes, and electrical insulation.Fruit Silicone Cup Lid. It does not absorb moisture, but does absorb oil;Square Silica Gel Ice Cube-, soil-, and fire-Heart-shaped Silicone Ice Cube. Its low absorbency also makes it naturally resistant to stains.Silicone Ice Lattice For Making Balls,6 Well Silicone Cake Mold.Werewolf Kill Pop It-werewolf It, and not damaged by mildew.Oversized Page Pop It, nonallergenic insulator, so the material is used for filling pillows, quilting, outerwear, and sleeping bags.

History

In 1926,Double Chessboard Fidget-based E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.Ice Cream Fidget. This early research, headed by W.H. Carothers,Silicone Daily Necessities, 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,PPR FITTINGS MADE IN CHINA. The company conducted some further developmental work, and in 1951, began to market the fiber under the name Dacron.PPR BRASS FITTING,PPR FITTINGS. 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.PPR Double Female Elbow, though PCDT is more elastic and resilient. PCDT is suited to the heavier consumer uses, such as draperies and furniture coverings.Pert Pipe.

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,Pex-a Evoh Pipes. In this process, ethylene is the polymer, the chemical building block of polyester,Pex-A Pipe.

Polyester

The Manufacturing
Process

Polyester is manufactured by one of several methods.PPR Copper Coupler. The four basic forms are filament,PPR Copper Reducer, tow, and fiberfill. In the filament form,PPR Copper Elbow 90°, producing smooth-PPR Copper Elbow 45°.PPR Copper Reduction Tee, filaments are cut to short,PPR Copper Female Tee.PPR Copper Male Tee. 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.PPR Copper Female Socket.

Manufacturing Filament Yarn

Polymerization

Drying

Melt spinning

Polyester

Drawing the fiber

Winding

PPR Type Y Stop Valve

PPR Stop Valve, 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 Plastic Ball Valve 32mm. The rope-PPR Plastic Ball Valve 40mm.

Drawing tow

Crimping

Setting

Cutting

The Future

Metal Spinning Round Candle Holder,Wedding Table Centerpieces Rotary Candle Holder's fastest-growing fiber.Tabletop Wedding Decorative Rotary Candle Holder. 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,Square Metal Candle Holder, was introduced to the public in 1991. More luxurious and versatile than traditional polyester,Geometric Metal Candle Holders. Clothing designers such as Mary McFadden have created a line of clothes using this new form of polyester.Table Decorative Candlestick Holder, a superfiber material used to make bulletproof vests. This type of polyester may eventually be used as composite materials for cars and airplanes.

Where To Learn More

Books

Corbman, Bernard P.Textiles:Set Of 3 Black Candle Holders.6th ed. Gregg Division, McGraw-Hill, 1983, pp. 374-92.

Encyclopedia of Textiles.3rd ed. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1980, pp. 28-33.

Polyester: Fifty Years of Achievement.State Mutual Book & Periodical Service, 1993.

Periodicals

Fellingham, Christine. "Will You Learn to Love Polyester?"Glamour,April 1992, p. 204.

Templeton, Fleur. "Show Me a Bulletproof Leisure Suit, In Pink."Business Week,July 6, 1992, p. 65.

Thomas, Marita. "At 50 Years, Polyester Gains New Fashion Vitality."Textile World,December 1993, p. 62+.

KristineM.Krapp

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raghu t s
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Sep 19, 2006 @ 6:06 am
oil is more viscous than water how can you say polyster absorbs the oil
jasmin
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Aug 8, 2007 @ 6:18 pm
needs more diagrams of the process in which polyester is made
i thought it was awesome, gave me a lot of info for my science fair project
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Jun 22, 2011 @ 3:03 am
This is a very usefull page but do you now what is the energy input for making polyester?
Spinning of Polyester Filament Yarn

The polyester polymer produced from PTA and MEG is extruded in the form of a ribbon. This ribbon is then converted into chips.
These chips received in the bulk packing of 750 kgs to 1250 kgs

The wet chips are dried with hot dehumidified air in the continuous dryer and fed through a hopper to the extruder for melting at high temp 285 C.Angel Rotary Candle Holder. In the form of continuous filaments

Each spinnerette contains 12 to 196 holes. A cool controlled air is blowing across the bunch of filaments for proper cooling.Reindeer Rotary Candle Holder.Tree Tower Spinning Tea light Candle Holder.
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the yarn produced is deoffed from the winders checked for the properties and packed in the pallets of 60 spools each.
Butterfly Rotary Candle Holder??
M.farrukh
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Aug 12, 2013 @ 6:06 am
good information, why polyester makes over lapping in drawing simplex and ring spinning process? and what is remedy ?
homa
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Sep 3, 2013 @ 4:04 am
to ajay:
Colorful Glass Rotary Candle Holder,Glass Rotary Candle Holder
Rotary Tea Light Candle Holder,it is mainly for sticking filaments together
Enid Hartwig
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Nov 8, 2014 @ 6:06 am
Are either of the compounds cobalt dichloride or thiuram mix used in the manufacture of polyester or in the material itself. Have an allergy to these 2 compounds and am trying to trace what is causing my itch.
With being chemically sensitive, I now know why I can not wear polyester clothes or have it in sheets. The itch and rash is horrible.
Mercy
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Oct 23, 2017 @ 8:08 am
What are the health risk of polyester and what chemicals cause them
kashiram Rote
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Jan 13, 2018 @ 12:00 am
Cylinder Rotary Candle Holder/c having some lubricants used then after cone winding at the viewing m/Vikings Rotary Candle Holder.

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