Montefibre S.p.a.

Ennio Niero

Luigi Patron

Favato Veneto

Pier Luigi Mazzuco

Enzo Trevisan

An improved process for the wet-spinning of acrylic polymers is disclosed, wherein a spinning solution of an acrylic polymer in an organic solvent, such as dimethylacetamide or dimethylformamide, is extruded through a spinneret into a coagulating bath consisting essentially of water and an organic solvent in a ratio between 30:70 and 60:40 by weight, and wherein the filaments thus obtained are washed, stretched and heat treated, and wherein the coagulating bath contains from 0.03% to 3% by weight of acid corresponding to said organic solvent and has a pH value greater than 5, and preferably between 6.5 and 8. The spinning solvent is preferably dimethylacetamide containing free acetic acid to an extent of less than 0.1% by weight, the acetic acid if necessary being added to the coagulating bath to bring its concentration up to values between 0.03% and 3% by weight. The pH value greater than 5 is obtained by the addition to the coagulating bath of ammonium hydroxide, an alkali metal hydroxide, or dimethylamine.

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Mirano (Venice), Italy

Ennio Niero