Hyosung Corporation

Woo-Sung Kim

Ik-Hyeon Kwon

Ik-Hyun Kwon

Young-Gyo Choi

Hyun-Soo Kim

Yun-Hyuk Bang

Chan-Min Park

Byung-Jun Song

Young-Jo Kim

The present invention relates to a high tenacity polyethylene naphthalate fiber containing a silica compound. This fiber is produced by a method comprising the steps of: (A) melt-spinning a solid phase-polymerized polyethylene-2,6-naphthalate chip containing ethylene-2,6-naphthalate units at more than 85 mole % and a silica compound and having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.70-1.20, to produce a melt-spun yarn; (B) passing the melt-spun yarn through a retarded cooling zone and a cooling zone to solidify the yarn; (C) withdrawing the yarn at such a speed that the undrawn yarn has a birefringence of 0.001-0.1; and (D) subjecting the undrawn yarn to multi-stage drawing at a total draw ratio of at least 1.5 and a drawing temperature of 50-250&#xb0; C. The polyethylene naphthalate fiber has improved physical properties, such as high tenacity, and a dipped cord produced from this fiber has excellent dimensional stability and tenacity such that it can be advantageously employed as a reinforcement material of rubber products.

High tenacity polyethylene-2, 6-naphthalate fibers having excellent processability

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Ulsan, South Korea

Woo-Sung Kim