Process for producing a fibrous assembly
US4399084A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 17, 1981 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 17, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD01F6/605
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for producing a fibrous assembly, which comprises extruding a melt of a fiber-forming polymer through a mesh spinneret, said spinneret including many closely arranged small openings and having an opening ratio (.alpha.), represented by the following formula, of at least about 10% ##EQU1## V.sub.a is the total apparent volume of the spinneret which is taken within a unit area of its mesh portion, and V.sub.f is the total volume of partitioning members defining the small openings which is taken within a unit area of the mesh portion of the spinneret; said extrusion being carried out while generating Joule heat in the partitioning members of the spinneret and cooling the vicinity of the extrusion surface of the spinneret by supplying a cooling fluid, whereby the melt is stably converted into fine streams by the partitioning members; and taking up and solidifying the fine streams; and also provides the process wherein the extrusion surface of the spinneret is turned upward so that the normal vector of the extruding surface is reverse to the direction of gravity, and the fine streams extruded from the extrusion surface are taken up against gravit…
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