Single ingredient, multi-structural filaments
AssigneeShakespeare Company
InventorsChad Boyd, Peter Brissette, Atiye E. Tanverdi
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Abstract
A multi-structural filament comprises a single ingredient having two or more morphologies after extrusion through a die pack wherein one discrete region of the filament comprises one morphology of the ingredient and at least another discrete region of the filament comprises another morphology of the same ingredient, and wherein each region of the filament comprises at least about 7 percent of the filament. A process for the production of the filament is also described.
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A multi-structural filament comprising a single ingredient having two or more morphologies after extrusion through a die pack wherein one discrete region of the filament comprises one morphology of the ingredient and at least another discrete region of the filament comprises another morphology of the same ingredient, and wherein each region of the filament comprises at least about 7 percent by volume of the filament.
A process for the production of a multi-structural filament containing a single ingredient and having improved mechanical properties as compared to conventional monofilaments consisting of the same ingredient, comprising extruding the single ingredient from two or more extruders in tandem through the same die pack having two or more different flow paths, wherein the flow path of the ingredient from one of the extruders provides less shear than does the flow path for the same ingredient from the other extruders, thereby providing a filament having two or more distinct regions within the cross section of the filament, each region having a different morphology from any other region and wherein each region of the filament comprises at least about 7 percent by volume of the filament.
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