Nylon 66 fibers for use in textiles, carpet,
and tire cord are produced by extruding
molten polymer through spinnerets and
stretching to their final thickness and
weight.
The polymer melt must be homogeneous,
gel free,
and without oversize
additive
agglomerates to achieve high
quality
fiber and yields. Filtration of the
process
feedstreams,
additive slurries,
and
polymer melt itself are
essential to
help
eliminate fiber breaks
and enhance
fiber
strength
and uniformity.
Not
only is
fiber
quality improved, but production
rates
can be higher with less process
downtime.