Method for making polyamide fibers
AssigneeRhodia Performance Fibres
InventorsHartmut Kratzke, Jürgen Lasch
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing polyamide fibers having properties suitable and compatible for use as fibers for the manufacture of felt for paper machines. The process of the invention relates more particularly to the addition of stabilizers to the polyamide in order to obtain polyamide fibers having high properties, especially high resistance to light, heat and aggressive environments. The process of the invention consists in adding the stabilizer directly to the polyamide, without producing a preblend, and then in mixing the polyamide with the additive in an extruder for feeding the composition into a die for obtaining filaments.
Claims8
A process for manufacturing polyamide fibers, comprising the steps of:
- a) feeding a solid polyamide into an extruder;
- b) adding only a stabilizer powder to said polyamide either directly into the solid polyamide, before it is fed into the extruder, or into the extruder;
- c) melting and mixing the polyamide and the stabilizer powder in the extruder to form a molten composition;
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- d) extruding the molten composition through a die in order to form filaments having a titer after drawing of between 1 and 70 dtex.
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