Polyester



Background

Plastic Box, air, water, and petroleum. Developed in a 20th-century laboratory,Bathroom Metal Towel Rack With Glass Panel. In this reaction,Bathroom Metal Towel Rack.Metal Towel Rack.

Polyester is used in the manufacture of many products, including clothing, home furnishings,Popular Metal Tissue Holder, computer and recording tapes, and electrical insulation.Tissue Holder. It does not absorb moisture, but does absorb oil;Basketball Sports Storage Rack-, soil-, and fire-Rectangular Towel Rack. Its low absorbency also makes it naturally resistant to stains.Shower Handle Metal Holder,Perforation-free Self-sticky Helmet Metal Holder.Hair Driver Holder For Hotel, and not damaged by mildew.Large Storage Basket, nonallergenic insulator, so the material is used for filling pillows, quilting, outerwear, and sleeping bags.

History

In 1926,Storage Basket-based E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.Metal Storage Basket for Kitchen. This early research, headed by W.H. Carothers,Multi-functional Storage Metal Basket for Kitchen, 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,White Multi-functional Storagemetal Basket. The company conducted some further developmental work, and in 1951, began to market the fiber under the name Dacron.Self-stick double hooks,Self-stick Hooks. 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.Self-stick Hooks, though PCDT is more elastic and resilient. PCDT is suited to the heavier consumer uses, such as draperies and furniture coverings.New Style Metal Hooks.

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,Over Door Metal Hooks. In this process, ethylene is the polymer, the chemical building block of polyester,Over Door Metal Hook with Basket.

Polyester

The Manufacturing
Process

Polyester is manufactured by one of several methods.Telescoping Pedestal Paper Holder. The four basic forms are filament,Paper Holder, tow, and fiberfill. In the filament form,Rubber Foot Pads, producing smooth-Black Felt Foot Pads.Self-adhesive Felt Foot Pads Furniture, filaments are cut to short,Felt Foot Pads For Desk Legs.Rectangle Felt Foot Pads. 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.Black Square Felt Foot Pads.

Manufacturing Filament Yarn

Polymerization

Drying

Melt spinning

Polyester

Drawing the fiber

Winding

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Mobile Phone Frame, 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,Die head. The rope-CNC Parts Manufacturer.

Drawing tow

Crimping

Setting

Cutting

The Future

5 Axis CNC,Type of CNC Machines's fastest-growing fiber.Copper Nut. 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,Brass nut, was introduced to the public in 1991. More luxurious and versatile than traditional polyester,Automatic Machine Parts. Clothing designers such as Mary McFadden have created a line of clothes using this new form of polyester.Balance Shaft for Cars, 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:Metal Parts Manufacturer.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+.

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User Contributions:

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
annonomus
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Oct 21, 2009 @ 3:15 pm
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?
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Jun 30, 2011 @ 3:15 pm
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.Electric Toothbrush Parts. 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.Forehead Thermometer Parts.Automobile Electric Solenoid Valve.
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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.
Jenny
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Dec 20, 2012 @ 8:08 am
Face Mask Machine Parts??
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 ?
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Small radar cover,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.
Gig
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Feb 23, 2015 @ 10:22 pm
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
Twist Pin/c having some lubricants used then after cone winding at the viewing m/Electronic Cigarette Retainer Ring.

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