Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoichiro Azuma

Tadashi Koyanagi

Katsuhiro Fujimoto

Takao Abe

Jinichiro Kato

Teruhiko Matsuo

Tsutomu Hisada

A polytrimethylene terephthalate resin comprising: 90 to 100 mole % of trimethylene terephthalate recurring units, and 0 to 10 mole % of at least one monomer unit obtained from a comonomer other than the monomers used for forming the recurring units and copolymerizable with at least one of the monomers used for forming the recurring units, which resin has the following characteristics: (A) an intrinsic viscosity [&#x3b7;] of from 0.8 to 4.0 dl/g; (B) an Mw/Mn of from 2.0 to 2.7; (C) a psychometric lightness L-value (L-1) of from 70 to 100 and a psychometric chroma b*-value (b*-1) of from &#x2212;5 to 25; and (D) a psychometric lightness L-value (L-2) of from 70 to 100 and a psychometric chroma b*-value (b*-2) of from &#x2212;5 to 25 as measured after heating the resin at 180&#xb0; C. for 24 hours in air.

Polytrimethylene terephthalate resin

Poly (trimethylene terephthalate) and a process for producing the same

The present invention is to provide a polytrimethylene terephthalate fiber having a trilobal type modified cross-section, composed of 95 mol % or more of trimethylene terephthalate repeating units and 5 mol % or less of other ester repeating units to have an intrinsic viscosity in a range from 0.7 to 1.3 (dl/g), wherein the outer periphery of the trilobal type cross-section consists of outwardly convex sections or of outwardly convex section and straight sections. According to the inventive method, it is possible to produce the above-mentioned fiber of the modified cross-section in an industrially stable manner while minimizing the adhesion of polymer scum to the spinning orifice or the contamination thereof to suppress the generation of fluff or yarn breakage.

Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) modified cross-section yarn

The present invention provides a yarn suitable for stretch clothing, which yarn is a polytrimethylene terephthalte multifilamentary yarn having an intrinsic viscosity in a range from 0.7 to 1.1 dl/g, a single-filament size in a range from 3.3 to 8.9 dtex, an elongation at break in a range from 36 to 60% and the fluctuation value of yarn size (U %) is 1.2% or less and a false-twist textured yarn thereof. The multifilamentary yarn is produced under the conditions in that a distance between the adjacent spinning orifices is 5 mm or more, a spinning temperature is in a range from 255 to 275&deg; C., a surface temperature of a spinneret is 255&deg; C. or higher, and a product of a discharge linear speed V of molten polymer and the intrinsic viscosity &lsqb;&eegr;&rsqb; is in a range from 5 to 12 (m/min)(dl/g). Since the contamination on the periphery of the spinning orifice generating during the melt-spinning is minimized according to this production method, the wiping period can be prolonged which is extremely advantageous in the industrial sense.

Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) multifilament yarn

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Nobeoka, Japan

Yoichiro Azuma