Fiber Technologies

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Typical textile fibers have linear densities in the range of 0.33—1.66 tex (3 to 15 den). Fibers in the 0.33—0.66 tex (3—6 den) range are generally used in nonwoven materials as well as in woven and knitted fabrics for use in apparel. Coarser fibers are generally used in carpets, upholstery, and certain industrial textiles. A recent development in fiber technology is the category of microfibers, with linear densities <0.11 tex (1 den) and as low as 0.01 tex. These fibers, when properly spun into yams and subsequendy woven into fabrics, can produce textile fabrics that have excellent drape and softness properties as well as improved color clarity (16). 

Slit-Film Fiber. A substantial volume of olefin fiber is produced by slit-film or film-to-fiber technology (29). For producing filaments with high linear density, above 0.7 tex (6.6 den), the production economics ate more favorable than monofilament spinning (29). The fibers are used primarily for carpet backing and rope or cordage appHcations. The processes used to make slit-film fibers are versatile and economical. 

Capone, G. J., Wet-spinning technology. In Acrylic Fiber Technology and Applications, ed. J. C. Masson. Marcel-Dekker, New York, 1995, pp. 69 103. 

Faser-kalk, m. fibrous calcite or aragonite, -kiesel, m. fibrolite. -kohle, /. fibrous coal, -kunde, /. fiber technology faserlos, a. fiberless. 

The number of reports about hemicelluloses that have been covered by this review indicates the significantly increased importance of all types of hemicelluloses as plant constituents and isolated polymers during the last decade. Attention has been paid not only to known hemicelluloses but also to the primary structure, physicochemical, physical, and various functional properties of hemicelluloses isolated from hitherto uninvestigated plants. The efforts to exploit a variety of plant as potential sources of hemicelluloses were pointed out particularly for agricultural crops, wood wastes, as well as for by-products of pulp and rayon fiber technologies. Many studies were devoted to characterize seed-storage hemicelluloses from plants that have been traditionally applied in food and medicine of many underdeveloped countries to find substitutes for imported commercial food giuns. 

Lagorceix, H., Reynaud, R, 1995, Squeezing highly Birefringent Fiber for an Accurate Nondestructive Determination of Principal-Axis Orientation along the Waveguide application to Fiber Babinet Compensator Implementations Optical Fiber Technology 1, 171... 

Techniques for fabricating low-cost optical components such as graded index lenses, microlenses, couplers, splitters, and polarizers are needed to support optical fiber technology. Traditionally, amorphous inorganic materials have been nsed, bnt there are tremendons... 

Much of the technology used for manufacturing carbon fibers in the United States is licensed from Japanese companies. The high level of Japanese carbon-fiber technology suggests that Japanese companies may produce mat r of the expected future advances in these materials. 

W. Pittman, W. C. Maurer, W. G. Deskins, F. Sabins, and D. Muller. Carbon-fiber technology for improved downhole cement performance final report. Gas Res Inst Rep GRI-96/0276, Gas Res Inst, August 1996. 

A great future is predicted for glass-fiber technology. Equally essential will be light amplifiers in which the glass fibers are doped with erbium. 

Walker, In Carbon Fibers Technology, Uses, and Prospects, Plastics and Rubber Institute, London, 1986. 

Film-to-fiber technology, 11 239, 240 Filoviruses, 3 138 Filtchar, 4 741 Filter aids... 

Standardization of the world fiber business on PET guarantees that future fiber technology efforts will remain focused on this polymer. Costs and efficiencies will get better, and other fiber types will be even less competitive. Domination of the PET commodity fiber business by Asian countries will encourage more efforts by Western and Japanese producers to further expand into niche markets with special fiber types, and to further displace natural and other synthetic fibers from their markets. 

Mai, Y.W. (1994). Advances in Inorganic Fiber Technology, Guest Editor, Special Issue, Composites Sci. Techno . 51, 123-125. 

McCIcary. BA-, and L. Pinsky ArEtuu-ed Dietnn Fiber Technology. Blackwell Publishers. Malden. MA. 2001. 

Masson. J.C Acrxiii Fiber Technology amt Ap[dicittitm.. Marcel tVkkri. Inc.. New Ynrk. NY. 1995. 

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