EP1146151A3 - Process and apparatus for spinning and crimping of a multifilament yarn - Google Patents

Process and apparatus for spinning and crimping of a multifilament yarn Download PDF

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EP1146151A3
EP1146151A3 EP01107822A EP01107822A EP1146151A3 EP 1146151 A3 EP1146151 A3 EP 1146151A3 EP 01107822 A EP01107822 A EP 01107822A EP 01107822 A EP01107822 A EP 01107822A EP 1146151 A3 EP1146151 A3 EP 1146151A3
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Mario Maranca
Frank Bäcker
Hans-Rochus Gross
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Oerlikon Textile GmbH and Co KG
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G1/00—Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics
    • D02G1/12—Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics using stuffer boxes
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01D—MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
    • D01D5/00—Formation of filaments, threads, or the like
    • D01D5/22—Formation of filaments, threads, or the like with a crimped or curled structure; with a special structure to simulate wool
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G1/00—Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics
    • D02G1/12—Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics using stuffer boxes
    • D02G1/122—Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics using stuffer boxes introducing the filaments in the stuffer box by means of a fluid jet
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G1/00—Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns, or threads, giving them latent characteristics
    • D02G1/20—Combinations of two or more of the above-mentioned operations or devices; After-treatments for fixing crimp or curl

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  • Spinning Methods And Devices For Manufacturing Artificial Fibers (AREA)
  • Yarns And Mechanical Finishing Of Yarns Or Ropes (AREA)

Abstract

In the production of texturized filaments, the bundle of melt spun thermoplastic filaments is divided into part-bundles before texturizing. The part-bundles are texturized separately, and then combined into a filament yarn. In the production of a melt-spun and texturized filament yarn, the part-bundles have an equal number of filaments. Each part-bundle is texturized under identical conditions. Each part-bundle passes through a texturizing jet, to be crammed into a plug. Each filament plug is drawn out separately into texturized part-bundles, to be combined into a yarn. The filament part-bundles are heated at the texturizing jets, and the filament plugs are cooled away from the jets. The part-bundles are processed between the cooling and the texturizing stages, and after texturizing before forming the yarn. The extruded melt-spun filament bundle is divided into two equal part-bundles during or after or before the initial cooling stage. The part-bundles are eddied together to form the filament yarn. An Independent claim is included for a filament melt spinning and texturizing assembly, where the extruded bundle (5) of melt-spun filaments is divided (6) into part-bundles (7.1,7.2) at the cooling shaft (4), before they reach the texturizing station (8). The texturizing station has two parallel texturizing units (9) to take the separate filament part-bundles. The texturized part-bundles are brought together (13) into a yarn (16) before winding (17) on a bobbin. Preferred Features: The filament bundle divider has guides (20.1,20.2) within the cooling shaft to form part-bundles of filaments, or they are between the cooling shaft and the texturizing station. The filament bundles can be divided by a jet assembly within the spinneret (1). The texturizing units have a guide channel (10.1,10.2) for each filament part-bundle, and a compression chamber (11.1,11.2) to form parallel filament plugs (12.1,12.2). A cooling drum can be after the texturizing jets, with a running track around the circumference for the texturized filaments drawn from each filament plug. The unit to combine the part-bundles into a yarn has an eddy chamber (14) to give an air stream through a yarn take-off channel (15).
EP01107822.7A 2000-04-11 2001-04-06 Process and apparatus for spinning and crimping of a multifilament yarn Expired - Lifetime EP1146151B2 (en)

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