Advanced Fiber Spinning Technology

T. Nakajima (Author)

9781855731820, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 1 January 1994

256 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 2.1 cm, 0.56 kg

Translated from Japanese, this book details some of the most interesting developments of the last few decades in the field of fibre manufacture. Many of these have been the result of intensive study in industry and research institutes in Japan - the country at the forefront of research in fibre spinning technology.

Fundamentals of spinning
Melt spinning
Solution spinning
Spinning for nonwovens
The spinning of highly aesthetic fibres
Fibre spinning of anisotropic polymers
Spinning of thermotropic liquid-crystal polymers
Gel spinning processes
Spinning of ultra-fine fibres
Spinning of optical fibres.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Plastics & polymers technology [TDCP]