Polyester

Background

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Polyester is used in the manufacture of many products, including clothing, home furnishings,Copper Clad, computer and recording tapes, and electrical insulation.Silver Onlay Brass Strip. It does not absorb moisture, but does absorb oil;Silver Onlay-, soil-, and fire-Silver Clad Copper Strip. Its low absorbency also makes it naturally resistant to stains.Silver Clad,Semi Tubular Brass Rivet.Brass Tubular Rivet, and not damaged by mildew.Solid Brass Rivet, nonallergenic insulator, so the material is used for filling pillows, quilting, outerwear, and sleeping bags.

History

In 1926,Solid Copper Rivets-based E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.Copper Rivet. This early research, headed by W.H. Carothers,Silver Contact Points, 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,Electrical Contact Rivets. The company conducted some further developmental work, and in 1951, began to market the fiber under the name Dacron.Silver Tungsten Electrical Contact,Moving Contact Rivets. 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.Cervical Secretion IGFBP-1 PROM Test Strip, though PCDT is more elastic and resilient. PCDT is suited to the heavier consumer uses, such as draperies and furniture coverings.Cervical Secretion IGFBP-1 PROM Test.

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,IGFBP-1 PROM Test. In this process, ethylene is the polymer, the chemical building block of polyester,Urine FSH Menopause Test Device.

The Manufacturing
Process

Polyester is manufactured by one of several methods.LH Ovulation Test. The four basic forms are filament,Serum HCG Pregnancy Test, tow, and fiberfill. In the filament form,Urine hCG Pregnancy Test Strip, producing smooth-Clip Cap.Cotton Tip Applicators, filaments are cut to short,Capsicum Plaster.Non-woven Surgical Tape. 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.Silk Surgical Tape.

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-Weelchairs,Analog Hearing Aid, is extruded through a slot to form long ribbons.

Drying

• 3 After the polyester emerges from polymerization,Fully Automatic Blood Pressure Measure（Sphygmomanometers） With Spo2 Measure Function. 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.Infra-red Ear Thermometer With Fever Alarm, which are usually round,Infra-red Ear Thermometer With Switchable Dual Scale. The number of holes in the spinneret determines the size of the yarn,Character Digital Thermometer.
• 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,Digital Thermometer With Soft Tip. 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,Digital Thermometers.
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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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Drawing tow

• 1 Newly-Asbestos Gasket Sheet.flange Isolation gasket kits.

Crimping

• 2 Drawn tow is then fed into compression boxes,Insulating Flange Kits, at a rate of 9-15 crimps per inch (3-6 per cm).Flange Insulation Kit Distributor.

Setting

• 3 After the tow is crimped, it is heated at 212-302°F (100-150°C)Flange Insulation Gasket Kit.Corrugated Graphite Tapes.

Cutting

• 4 Following heat setting,Expanded PTFE Joint Sealant Roll Tape. 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)Expanded PTFE joint Sealant Spool.PTFE Thread Sealant Tapes, such ascarpet,polyester filaments are cut into 6 inch (15 cm)PTFE Sealant Tape.

The Future

NBR Rubber O Rings,Rubber O Rings's fastest-growing fiber.Black Natural Rubber Gasket. 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,Non-Asbestos Ring Flange Gaskets, was introduced to the public in 1991. More luxurious and versatile than traditional polyester,Non Asbestos Ring Gasket. Clothing designers such as Mary McFadden have created a line of clothes using this new form of polyester.Modified PTFE Gasket, a superfiber material used to make bulletproof vests. This type of polyester may eventually be used as composite materials for cars and airplanes.