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Manmade Fibre Spinning
Manmade Fibre Spinning
Prepared By :
Southeast University
Department Of Textile Engineering
I/A 251,252 Tejgaon Dhaka Bangladesh
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Calssificatoin of fibres
Forms of Man Made fibre:
MMF are produced in three types –
1. Filament:Filament fibres are spun from
spinnerets with 350 holes or less is determined
by the size of the yarn to be made
Monofilament: This filament is made only of a
single filament.
Multifilament: These filaments are made of
more than one filament.
2. Staple:Staple fibre is of limited and relatively
short length
3. Filament tow. An assemble of twist free fibre.
Properties required for Fibre forming polymer:
•Molecular weight should be high.
•Crystallinity – high not suitable.
•Resistance to different chemical.
•Orientation – Physical and chemical symmetry.
•Straight chain structure.
•Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) – Should be near
to Room Temp.
•Crystalline Melting Point (Tm) - 200o – 300o c is
suitable.
•Polymer should be soluble in some solvent from
which it can be spun.
•Hygroscopic nature – Should be hydrophobic
Synthetic Spinning System
• Spinneret: A nozzle or plate provided with fire holes
or slits through a fibre forming solution or melt is
extruded in fibre manufacturing is called spinneret.
This is the most important part of a MMF producing
m/c. The number of holes, sizes and shapes vary
with the filament desired. Spinneret
• Shape of holes:
Features of Spinneret:
Spinneret length: 10-25 mm
Spinneret diameter: 30-200 mm
Spinneret thickness: 3.0 mm
Hole dia: 0.1.-0.8 mm
Problems:
-Breaking (On account of high pressure and temp)
Clogging (The holes can be blocked for solid particles
mix with polymer solution).
Remedies:
-For breaking problem: the spinneret is to be changed.
-For clogging: the spinneret should be cleaned after
some days.
Number of holes in spinneret:
– Wet spinning.
– Dry spinning.
Man Made Fiber Spinning Technology
SPINNING of polymers
There are typically three types of spinning for polymers: Melt, Dry and Wet.
▪ Melt spinning (Fig. 1) is used for polymers that can be melted easily.
▪ Dry spinning (Fig. 2) involves dissolving the polymer into a solution that can
be evaporated.
▪ Wet spinning (Fig. 3) is used when the solvent cannot be evaporated and
must be removed by chemical means.
Melt spinning
In melt spinning the fibre-forming material is melted and extruded through
spinnerets, and the jets harden into solid filaments as they cool on emerging from the
spinneret. Nylon is a melt-spun fibre.
Dry spinning
In dry spinning the fibre-forming substance is dissolved in a solvent before the
solution is extruded. As the jets of solution emerge from the spinneret, a stream of
hot air causes the solvent to evaporate from the spinning solution, leaving solid
filaments. Acetate is dry spun by extruding acetone solutions of cellulose acetate into
hot air.
Wet spinning
In wet spinning the solution of fibre-forming material is extruded into a coagulating
bath that causes the jets to harden as a result of chemical or physical change.
Viscose, for example, is wet spun. The solution of cellulose xanthate is extruded into
an aqueous solution of acids and salts, in which the cellulose is regenerated to form
solid filaments.
Man Made Fiber Spinning Technology
02. Spinning: Melt spinning:
• The process of spinning by which fibre or
filament is produced from melted polymer
chips by extruding through spinneret
continuous filament produced here.
• Number of filament depends on number of
holes in spinneret.
• It is the most critical operation in the
production of nylon polyester, and polyolefin,
poly propylene fibres as number of fibre
properties such as uniformity, crystallinity, and
orientation are imparted to the yarn during
processing.
02. Spinning: Melt spinning:
• .
Flow Chart
Feed
Melting
Metered extrusion
Cooling &
solidification by
cold air.
Moisture
conditioning
Lubrication
Yarn driving
Packaging
02. Spinning: Melt spinning:
Advantage:
– Can be used for both staple and continuous
filament.
– Direct and simple process.
– No environment pollution.
– No solvent required.
– Non toxicity and no risk of explosion.
– High production speed (2500 – 3000 ft/min)
– Low investment cost.
• Disadvantage:
– Required more proper maintenance of the m/c.
– Heat of input is high.
02. Spinning: Melt spinning:
Metered extrusion
Solidification by solvent
Evaporation
Lubrication
Yarn driving
Packaging
Dry spinning Process
Dry spinning Process
02. Spinning: Dry spinning:
• Advantage:
– Suitable for producing fine denier fibres.
– No need of wash of fibre.
• Disadvantage:
– Investment cost is high.
– Toxic and risk of explosion.
– Heat input is very high.
– Can not be used for staple fibre production.
• Properties of solvent:
– Solvent should not be volatile.
– It should be organic.
– It should have low boiling point.
– It should be comparatively cheap.
– It should be thermally stabilized.
– It should be non toxic.
02. Spinning: Wet spinning:
• In wet spinning a suitable solvent is used to prepare
fibre forming solution and another coagulant is used
in coagulating bath.
• Solution is extruded through spinneret and in contact
of coagulant cellulose is regenerated.
• Wet spgn solvent & coagulant:
Fibre Solvent Coagulant
Viscose Alkaline water Dill H2SO4 + Na2SO4 +ZnSO4
PVA Water Aqueous NaOH
PAN DMF/DMC + Aq DMF/DMC + 40% ZnCl2
• 60% ZnCl2
02. Spinning: Wet spinning:
Toxic
Hazard Non-toxic (Risk of
Toxic
explosion)
2 to many
Spinneret Hole 300-900 20,000-75,000
thousand
3. Uncomfortable.
4. Unhygienic.
5. Hydrophobic.
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