Polyester

Background

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Polyester is used in the manufacture of many products, including clothing, home furnishings,Sunscreen Blinds SS-01, computer and recording tapes, and electrical insulation.Zebra Blinds ZB-05. It does not absorb moisture, but does absorb oil;Zebra Blinds ZB-03-, soil-, and fire-Zebra Blinds ZB-02. Its low absorbency also makes it naturally resistant to stains.Zebra Blinds ZB-01,Zebra Blinds.Blackout Blinds Ice cracks 1002, and not damaged by mildew.Blackout Blinds Jacquard, nonallergenic insulator, so the material is used for filling pillows, quilting, outerwear, and sleeping bags.

History

In 1926,Blackout Blinds Plain RB-P01/P02-based E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.Blackout Blinds Ice cracks. This early research, headed by W.H. Carothers,Blackout Blinds Ice cracks 1001, 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,Blackout Blinds. The company conducted some further developmental work, and in 1951, began to market the fiber under the name Dacron.Roller Blinds,EVA Carpet Indoor Playground Fitting. 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.Ocean Ball Indoor Playground Fitting, though PCDT is more elastic and resilient. PCDT is suited to the heavier consumer uses, such as draperies and furniture coverings.Wall Mat Indoor Playground Fitting.

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,Globe Turntable Indoor Playground Equipment. In this process, ethylene is the polymer, the chemical building block of polyester,The Interesting Spider Tower Indoor Playground Equipment.

The Manufacturing
Process

Polyester is manufactured by one of several methods.Trampoline Boxing Indoor Playground Equipment. The four basic forms are filament,Animal Roller Indoor Playground Electric Equipment, tow, and fiberfill. In the filament form,Roller Indoor Playground Electric Equipment, producing smooth-Ship Turnplate Indoor Playground Electric Equipment.Animal Turnplate Indoor Playground Electric Equipment, filaments are cut to short,Snowman Turnplate Indoor Playground Electric Equipment.Watermelon Turnplate Indoor Playground Electric Equipment. 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.Turnplate Indoor Playground Electric Equipment.

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-Animal Turntable Indoor Playground Electric Equipment,Motorcycle Turntable Indoor Playground Electric Equipment, is extruded through a slot to form long ribbons.

Drying

• 3 After the polyester emerges from polymerization,Robot Turntable Indoor Playground Electric Equipment. 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.Aircraft Turntable Indoor Playground Electric Equipment, which are usually round,Horse Turntable Indoor Playground Electric Equipment. The number of holes in the spinneret determines the size of the yarn,Bicycle Turntable Indoor Playground Electric Equipment.
• 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,Indoor Playground Electric Equipment. 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,Children Trampoline Indoor Playground.
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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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100-200 Square Meters British Theme Indoor Playground, 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,100-200 Square Meters Ocean Theme Indoor Playground. The rope-100-200 Square Meters Macaron Theme Indoor Playground.

Drawing tow

• 1 Newly-300-500 Square Meters Macaron Theme Indoor Playground.100-200 Square Meters Space Theme Indoor Playground.

Crimping

• 2 Drawn tow is then fed into compression boxes,200-500 Square Meters Space Theme Indoor Playground, at a rate of 9-15 crimps per inch (3-6 per cm).Castle Theme Indoor Playground.

Setting

• 3 After the tow is crimped, it is heated at 212-302°F (100-150°C)Children Small Indoor Playground.Children Driving School Playground.

Cutting

• 4 Following heat setting,Sand Pond Indoor Playground. 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)20-100 Square Meters Indoor Playground.Large Comprehensive Indoor Playground, such ascarpet,polyester filaments are cut into 6 inch (15 cm)Big Ball Pool Indoor Playground.

The Future

High-rise Indoor Playground,Theme Indoor Playground's fastest-growing fiber.Indoor Playground. 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,High Temperature Flange Insulation Kits, was introduced to the public in 1991. More luxurious and versatile than traditional polyester,Flange Insulation Kit Gasket. Clothing designers such as Mary McFadden have created a line of clothes using this new form of polyester.Flange Bolt Insulation Kits, a superfiber material used to make bulletproof vests. This type of polyester may eventually be used as composite materials for cars and airplanes.