Rhone-poulenc Fibres

Noel Witmeyer

Olivier Chaubet

Walter Roggenstein

An improved output efficient polyamide-based preoriented yarn spun at a speed of at least 4000 m/min and obtained by introducing, before the spinning, of a quantity of 0.05 to 1% by weight of pyrogenic silica of particle size of between 5 and 15 nm into the molten polymer in the form of dispersion in a master mix of the same polyamide as that intended to be processed, the filaments after spinning being then cooled by means of a gas stream at room temperature and then sized and wound at a speed of between 4200 and 5800 m/min. The preoriented yarns thus prepared exhibit a delay in the orientation and are obtained with a gain in output efficiency of at least 10%, generally at least 15%.

Process for obtaining polyamide yarns with better output efficiency

Process for improving the output efficiency during the spinning of a polyamide-based preoriented yarn at a speed of at least 4000 m/min by introduction, before the spinning, of a quantity of 0.05 to 1% by weight of pyrogenic silica of particle size of between 5 and 15 nm into the molten polymer in the form of dispersion in a master mix of the same polyamide as than intended to be processed, the filaments after spinning being then cooled by means of a gas stream at room temperature and then sized and wound at a speed of between 4200 and 5800 m/min. The preoriented yarns thus prepared exhibit a delay in the orientation and are obtained with a gain in output efficiency of at least 10%, generally at least 15%.

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Saint-Just Chaleyssin, France

Noel Witmeyer