Fiber Industries, Inc

Other US companies chose to await expiration of the Whinfield and Dickson patent before entering the market. One of the earliest to become involved was Celanese Corporation, whose joint venture with ICI, named Fiber Industries Inc. (FII Fortrel), began construction of its first PET plant in 1959. Beaunit (Vycron) was also an early entrant, initially with a copolymer fibre that was arguably not covered by the basic patent, using polymer from Goodyear. 

For a long time, the fiber industry had been aware of PTT having desirable properties for fiber applications. In a 1971 patent [3], Fiber Industries, Inc. found PTT fiber to have a lower modulus, better bending and work recoveries than PET, and was therefore more suitable than PET for making fiberfill and carpets. Ward et al. [4] compared the mechanical properties of the three polyester fibers, and found PTT indeed had a better tensile elastic recovery and a lower modulus than both PET and PBT. These two properties are very desirable and are valued... 

This study was supported by NIOSH Grant No. 5 R01 OH 00744-03 and by Cotton Incorporated, "nie authors are grateful for this assistance and for the materials supplied by the following companies Cotton Incorporated (cotton) Fiber Industries Inc. (Portrel pet staple fiber) Texaco, Inc. (Texspray Compound) Vickers Sons, Ltd. (Spraycot 8853) ICI Americas, Inc. 

A.W. Yankowsky, inventor Fiber Industries Inc., assignee US3839272, 1974. 

An important development in polyester technology occurred when Fiber Industries Inc. " activated the surface of polyester filaments during the actual melt spinning of the fibers. It was then only necessaiy to apply a single topcoat of standard RFL for optimum adhesion of fiber to rubber. The undrawn filaments as formed in the spinning process were dipped in a finish solu-... 

Significant improvement in the fiber stmctuie of leather is finally achieved by using microfibers as fine as 0.001—0.0001 tex (0.01—0.001 den). With this microfiber, a man-made grain leather Sofrina (Kuraray Co., Ltd.) with a thin surface layer (Fig. 7), and a man-made suede Suedemark (Kuraray Co., Ltd.) with a fine nap (Fig. 8) were first developed for clothing, and have expanded their uses. Ultrasuede (Toray Industries, Inc.) also uses microfibers with a rather thick fineness of 0.01 tex (0.1 den). Contemporary (1995) man-made leathers employ microfibers of not mote than 0.03 tex (0.3 den) to obtain excellent properties and appearance resembling leather. 

RO membrane modules are available from many manufacturers including, for hoUow-fiber modules, DuPont and Dow/FUmTec Corporation, and for spinal-wound modules, UOP Inc., Millipore Corporation, Nitto-Denko America, Inc., Toray Industries Inc., Dow/FUmTec Corporation, and DuPont. 

Figure 1 Electrochemical detection of catechol, acetaminophen, and 4-methyl catechol, demonstrating the selectivity of differential pulse detection vs. constant potential detection. (A) Catechol, (B) acetaminophen, and (C) 4-methylcatechol were separated by reversed phase liquid chromatography and detected by amperometry on a carbon fiber electrode. In the upper trace, a constant potential of +0.6 V was used. In the lower trace, a base potential of +425 mV and a pulse amplitude of +50 mV were used. An Ag/AgCl reference electrode was employed. Note that acetaminophen responds much more strongly than catechol or 4-methylcatechol under the differential pulse conditions, allowing highly selective detection. (Reproduced with permission from St. Claire, III, R. L. and Jorgenson, J. W., J. Chromatogr. Sci. 23, 186, 1985. Preston Publications, A Division of Preston Industries, Inc.)...

Textile Fibers and Their Properties, Burlington Industries, Inc., Greens-... 

T.Ochi, Y. Maeda, and H. Ohme, Polymer alloy fibers with good biodegradability and abrasion resistance consisting of blends comprising polydactic acid) and polyacetals, Japanese patent JP 2003227037 A2, assigned to Toray Industries, Inc., Japan, August 15, 2003. 

H. Ohme, S. Kumazawa, and J. Kumaki, Heat-resistant polyllactic acid)-poIy-acetal blend with good processability, mechanical strength, and transparency for plastic moldings, films, and fibers, WO 2003014224 Al, assigned to Toray Industries, Inc., Japan, February 20, 2003. 

PPG Industries, Inc., Fiber Glass Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-2844... 

Figure 2.26. Stress distribution around fiber, irregular particle, and glass sphere. Courtesy of Potters Industries, Inc., Valley Forge, PA, USA.

Selective separation and concentration of both cations and anions using water-soluble polymer solutions LM as carriers and hoUow-fiber units (artificial kidneys) as membrane barrier were tested. The authors termed the process as affinity dialysis [74]. Hollow fiber units of Spectrum Medical Industries, Inc. with fibers of 5000 molecular weight cutoff and 150 cm surface area from Spectrapor were used in the experiments. 

In spite of pressure from inexpensive finished goods, the acrylic fiber industry in the United States depends heavily on exports. In 1992, exports accounted for approximately 28% of domestic shipments, surprisingly low compared to Western Europe and Japan. Rationalization of capacity, however, has left the United States with just two acrylic fiber producers, Monsanto and Cytec. However, in early 1997, Cytec announced the sale of its acrylic business to a subsidiary of Sterhng Chemicals, Inc. Under the agreement of Cytec will continue to supply acrylonitrile to the business, located near Pensacola, Florida. Besides the withdrawal of DuPont in 1991, the last major producer. Mann Industries, discontinued operations in 1993 after initially acquiring the business from BASF in 1989. Expansion in low-wage... 

Composites from natural fibres have not yet been fully established in high-tech industry because a sufficient quality for engineering applications is not adequately offered (e.g. by Natural Fiber Composites Inc. and North Wood Plastics). Fibres are available from many plants (highlighted of high quality) for example, wood, abaca, coir, cotton, flax, hemp, henequen, istle, jute, kenaf, ramie, sisal or sunn. 

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