EP0206098A2 - Procédé de fabrication d'étoffes déformables - Google Patents

Procédé de fabrication d'étoffes déformables Download PDF

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EP0206098A2
EP0206098A2 EP86107905A EP86107905A EP0206098A2 EP 0206098 A2 EP0206098 A2 EP 0206098A2 EP 86107905 A EP86107905 A EP 86107905A EP 86107905 A EP86107905 A EP 86107905A EP 0206098 A2 EP0206098 A2 EP 0206098A2
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Jorgen Due
Bjarne Graves
Henning Bak
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Hoechst AG
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02GCRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G1/00Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics
    • D02G1/16Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics using jets or streams of turbulent gases, e.g. air, steam
    • D02G1/165Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics using jets or streams of turbulent gases, e.g. air, steam characterised by the use of certain filaments or yarns
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02GCRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G1/00Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics
    • D02G1/20Combinations of two or more of the above-mentioned operations or devices; After-treatments for fixing crimp or curl
    • D02G1/205After-treatments for fixing crimp or curl
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/29Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof
    • Y10T428/2913Rod, strand, filament or fiber
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/29Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof
    • Y10T428/2913Rod, strand, filament or fiber
    • Y10T428/2915Rod, strand, filament or fiber including textile, cloth or fabric
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/29Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof
    • Y10T428/2913Rod, strand, filament or fiber
    • Y10T428/2922Nonlinear [e.g., crimped, coiled, etc.]

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  • DD-PS 125 918 discloses a process for the production of textile fabrics, in which pre-oriented, undrawn yarns are processed into a fabric by weaving, knitting or knitting and then subjected to a thermomechanical treatment in the fabric.
  • thermofixing of pre-oriented, undrawn filaments has already been described.
  • DE-OS 28 21 243 describes the production of weft yarns which are intended to protect the belt yarns required in tire manufacture from uneven displacements.
  • special emphasis is placed on reducing free shrinkage at high temperatures, such as those that occur when tires are vulcanized.
  • a suitability of such threads or yarns for textile purposes and in particular the production of irreversibly highly deformable textile fabrics is not to be found in this preliminary literature.
  • the yarns required for the production of such textile fabrics are to be produced from synthetic filaments.
  • synthetic filaments In principle it is possible to use differently textured yarns.
  • the low degree of elasticity can be achieved by the yarn according to the present invention. This is usually not the case if the yarn consists of highly elastic, false-wire textured filaments.
  • a particularly suitable method is, for example, the blowing nozzle texturing, in which even bulky yarns with low crimp elongation can be produced.
  • the object of the invention is achieved by the use of yarns which at least partially consist of pre-oriented, undrawn synthetic filaments. These filaments should have an elongation at break of at least 70%, in particular 70-200% and a yield stress of at least 6 cNtex. In preferred embodiments, the elongation at break of these filaments should be between 80 and 160%.
  • the load-bearing component of a textured yarn does not have to consist entirely of the filaments with the properties according to the invention, provided that it is ensured that the shaping or determining part of these components consists of filaments with the properties to be demanded according to the invention.
  • Yarns with a modified cross-section, with different dyeability, etc. can also be used to create effects.
  • yarns from flame-retardant raw materials A possibly lower elongation of the non-load-bearing component can be completely compensated for by an appropriate advance of the yarn. If the lead was correspondingly higher, this component would be present in the form of a loop in the yarn and would only make a minor contribution to the physical properties of the overall yarn.
  • the heat treatment was also varied in this example.
  • run a the heat treatment was once in saturated steam at 130 ° C for 10 minutes, while in run b only a saturated steam of 120 ° C was used for 10 minutes (see table below).
  • run b only a saturated steam of 120 ° C was used for 10 minutes (see table below).

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Yarns And Mechanical Finishing Of Yarns Or Ropes (AREA)
  • Woven Fabrics (AREA)
  • Blow-Moulding Or Thermoforming Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Artificial Filaments (AREA)
  • Knitting Of Fabric (AREA)
  • Treatment Of Fiber Materials (AREA)
  • Spinning Methods And Devices For Manufacturing Artificial Fibers (AREA)
EP86107905A 1985-06-14 1986-06-10 Procédé de fabrication d'étoffes déformables Expired - Lifetime EP0206098B1 (fr)

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AT86107905T ATE76122T1 (de) 1985-06-14 1986-06-10 Verfahren zur herstellung verformbarer flaechengebilde.

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DE3521479 1985-06-14
DE3521479A DE3521479C1 (de) 1985-06-14 1985-06-14 Verwendung eines Garns zur Herstellung eines verformbaren Flaechengebildes

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EP0206098A2 true EP0206098A2 (fr) 1986-12-30
EP0206098A3 EP0206098A3 (en) 1989-11-02
EP0206098B1 EP0206098B1 (fr) 1992-05-13

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EP86107904A Expired - Lifetime EP0206097B1 (fr) 1985-06-14 1986-06-10 Fil pour étoffes déformables et procédé pour fabriquer ce fil
EP86107905A Expired - Lifetime EP0206098B1 (fr) 1985-06-14 1986-06-10 Procédé de fabrication d'étoffes déformables

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EP (2) EP0206097B1 (fr)
JP (2) JP2645649B2 (fr)
AT (2) ATE78525T1 (fr)
BR (2) BR8602777A (fr)
DE (3) DE3521479C1 (fr)
DK (2) DK165991B (fr)

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JPS6228437A (ja) 1987-02-06
DK166092B (da) 1993-03-08
DE3685264D1 (de) 1992-06-17
EP0206097B1 (fr) 1992-07-22
JPS6228423A (ja) 1987-02-06
EP0206098A3 (en) 1989-11-02
ATE78525T1 (de) 1992-08-15
EP0206098B1 (fr) 1992-05-13
DE3686098D1 (de) 1992-08-27
DE3521479C1 (de) 1987-01-02
EP0206097A3 (en) 1989-11-02
BR8602776A (pt) 1987-02-10
DK278686A (da) 1986-12-15
US4861535A (en) 1989-08-29
ATE76122T1 (de) 1992-05-15
DK165991B (da) 1993-02-22
US5510184A (en) 1996-04-23
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JP2590066B2 (ja) 1997-03-12
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