Continuous yarns from electrospun fibers

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dc.contributor.authorSmit E.
dc.contributor.authorButtner U.
dc.contributor.authorSanderson R.D.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:02:17Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:02:17Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractA technique for making continuous uniaxial fiber bundle yarns from electrospun fibers is described. The technique consists of spinning onto a water reservoir collector and drawing the resulting non-woven web of fibers across the water before collecting the resulting yarn. Yarns from electrospun fibers of poly(vinyl acetate), poly(vinylidene difluoride) and polyacrylonitrile are used to illustrate the process of yarn formation and fiber alignment within the yarn. A theoretical production rate of 180 m of yarn per hour for a single needle electrospinning setup makes the process suitable for lab-scale production of electrospun yarns. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationPolymer
dc.identifier.citation46
dc.identifier.citation8
dc.identifier.issn323861
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.polymer.2005.02.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/12400
dc.subjectNonwoven fabrics
dc.subjectPolyacrylonitriles
dc.subjectPolyvinyl acetates
dc.subjectSpinning (fibers)
dc.subjectWater
dc.subjectYarn
dc.subjectElectrospinning
dc.subjectElectrospun fibers
dc.subjectUniaxial fiber bundle yarns
dc.subjectTextile fibers
dc.subjectpoly(vinylidene difluoride)
dc.subjectpolyacrylonitrile
dc.subjectpolyvinyl acetate
dc.subjectpolyvinylidene fluoride
dc.subjectunclassified drug
dc.subjectwater
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectfiber
dc.subjecttextile industry
dc.subjectyarn
dc.subjectNonwovens
dc.subjectPolyacrylonitrile
dc.subjectPolyvinyl Acetate
dc.subjectSpinning
dc.subjectTextile Fibers
dc.subjectWater
dc.subjectYarn
dc.subjectelectrospinning
dc.subjectfiber bundle
dc.subjectnanofiber
dc.subjectweb forming
dc.subjectyarn manufacture
dc.titleContinuous yarns from electrospun fibers
dc.typeArticle
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