This is the first English language text covering the design of machines and equipment for the production of synthetic fibers. Detailed technical drawings, formulas, and diagrams illustrate the entire fiber-making technology, from raw materials through polymerization and spinning, to textured and technical fabrics. The book is divided into two parts: materials specific processes, the corresponding installations, machines, and process data; and designs and calculations for different materials and varying function parameters.

From the Preface: “One hundred years of chemical fibers, and of these more than fifty years of synthetic fibers, do demand an inventory of the required technologies. While there is literature for the chemistry of the chemical and synthetic fibers, as well as for the processes and the textile testing technology, it is hardly possible to find comprehensive desciptions from installation, equipment and machinery manufacture through production of synthetic fibers and filaments and the manipulation of their properties...”

Target Audience: Plant engineers, machine designers and builders, maintenance personnel, and other professionals with an interest in the manufacture of synthetic fibers.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Polymer Specific Processes

Theoretical and Experimental Principles

Plants, Equipment, and Machines for the Production of Synthetic Yarns and Fibers

Special Processes and Plants

Auxiliary Plants and Equipment

Auxiliary Devices, Calculations, and Construction

Waste Processing and Recovery (Recycling)

Testing and Influencing the Properties of Man-Made Fibers

Conversion Factors and Other Tables

Fiber Tables

Index