Polyester

Background

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

History

In 1926,Silver Tungsten Electrical Contact-based E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.Moving Contact Rivets. This early research, headed by W.H. Carothers,Cervical Secretion IGFBP-1 PROM Test Strip, 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,Cervical Secretion IGFBP-1 PROM Test. The company conducted some further developmental work, and in 1951, began to market the fiber under the name Dacron.IGFBP-1 PROM Test,Urine FSH Menopause Test Device. 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.LH Ovulation Test, though PCDT is more elastic and resilient. PCDT is suited to the heavier consumer uses, such as draperies and furniture coverings.Serum HCG Pregnancy 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,Urine hCG Pregnancy Test Strip. In this process, ethylene is the polymer, the chemical building block of polyester,Clip Cap.

The Manufacturing
Process

Polyester is manufactured by one of several methods.Cotton Tip Applicators. The four basic forms are filament,Capsicum Plaster, tow, and fiberfill. In the filament form,Non-woven Surgical Tape, producing smooth-Silk Surgical Tape.Weelchairs, filaments are cut to short,Analog Hearing Aid.Fully Automatic Blood Pressure Measure（Sphygmomanometers） With Spo2 Measure Function. 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.Infra-red Ear Thermometer With Fever Alarm.

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-Infra-red Ear Thermometer With Switchable Dual Scale,Character Digital Thermometer, is extruded through a slot to form long ribbons.

Drying

• 3 After the polyester emerges from polymerization,Digital Thermometer With Soft Tip. 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.Digital Thermometers, which are usually round,Figertip Pulse Oximeter. The number of holes in the spinneret determines the size of the yarn,Medical Oxygen Concentrator.
• 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,Neoprene Rubber O Rings. 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,Yellow Modified PTFE Gasket Sheet with silica filled.
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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

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Crimping

• 2 Drawn tow is then fed into compression boxes,Expanded PTFE Joint Sealant Roll Tape, at a rate of 9-15 crimps per inch (3-6 per cm).Expanded PTFE joint Sealant Spool.

Setting

• 3 After the tow is crimped, it is heated at 212-302°F (100-150°C)PTFE Thread Sealant Tapes.PTFE Sealant Tape.

Cutting

• 4 Following heat setting,NBR Rubber O Rings. 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)Rubber O Rings.Black Natural Rubber Gasket, such ascarpet,polyester filaments are cut into 6 inch (15 cm)Non-Asbestos Ring Flange Gaskets.

The Future

Non Asbestos Ring Gasket,Modified PTFE Gasket's fastest-growing fiber.Solid Copper 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,Kammprofile Gasket with Integral Outer Ring, was introduced to the public in 1991. More luxurious and versatile than traditional polyester,Corrugated Jacketed Gasket. Clothing designers such as Mary McFadden have created a line of clothes using this new form of polyester.Corrugated Graphite Gasket, a superfiber material used to make bulletproof vests. This type of polyester may eventually be used as composite materials for cars and airplanes.