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NOZZLE PLATE FOR FIBER FORMATION
20210230773 · 2021-07-29 ·

Disclosed herein are customizable kits of parts for the fabrication of polymer fibers. In some embodiments, the kits provided herein comprise a scaffold comprising first and second opposite surfaces and one or more pores extending through the first and second surfaces, wherein each pore comprises a first channel and a first conjunction interface. The kits additionally comprise a plurality of nozzles, wherein each nozzle comprises a second channel and a second conjunction interface, and wherein the second interface can be removably and stably coupled to the first conjunction interface of each pore while allowing a fluid through the first channel and the second channel. The kits further comprise a plurality of closure structures, wherein each closure structure comprises a third conjunction interface, and wherein the third interface can be removably and stably coupled to the first conjunction interface of each pore to seal the pore. In some embodiments, at least the second channel of each nozzle has an internal diameter configured to allow formation of a fiber.

Electro-spinning apparatus
10907275 · 2021-02-02 · ·

Provided is an electro-spinning apparatus, which can perform spinning uniformly over the entire width of a manufactured fiber. The apparatus includes: a solution distribution unit made of an electrical conductor to distribute and supply a spinning solution to injection lines; spinning nozzles installed to be individually coupled to the injection lines and spinning while adjusting a spinning amount of the spinning solution supplied through the injection lines; a solution supply line installed to be coupled on the top of the solution distribution unit to supply the spinning solution heated to a high temperature to the solution distribution unit; a high voltage supply unit installed on one side of the solution distribution unit to supply high voltage power; and a hot air supply unit for supplying air of hot temperature to each of the spinning nozzles and injecting the hot air through the spinning nozzles together with the spinning solution.

SPINNING BEAM
20240011194 · 2024-01-11 ·

The present disclosure relates to a spinning beam for producing hollow fiber membranes in a phase inversion process, and to a process using the spinning beam.

SPINNING BEAM
20240011194 · 2024-01-11 ·

The present disclosure relates to a spinning beam for producing hollow fiber membranes in a phase inversion process, and to a process using the spinning beam.

HEAD UNIT, ELECTROSPINNING HEAD, AND ELECTROSPINNING APPARATUS

According to one embodiment, an electrospinning head includes a plurality of head units and a coupling structure, and the plurality of head units are coupled to one another through the coupling structure. Each head unit includes a unit main body and a nozzle. Inside the unit main body, a hollow storing a raw material liquid is formed along a longitudinal axis. The nozzle is formed of a conductive material and provided on an outer circumferential surface of the unit main body. The nozzle ejects the raw material liquid supplied through the hollow of the unit main body. The coupling structure connects the plurality of head units in a state where the hollows of the unit main bodies communicate with one another.

HEAD UNIT, ELECTROSPINNING HEAD, AND ELECTROSPINNING APPARATUS

According to one embodiment, an electrospinning head includes a plurality of head units and a coupling structure, and the plurality of head units are coupled to one another through the coupling structure. Each head unit includes a unit main body and a nozzle. Inside the unit main body, a hollow storing a raw material liquid is formed along a longitudinal axis. The nozzle is formed of a conductive material and provided on an outer circumferential surface of the unit main body. The nozzle ejects the raw material liquid supplied through the hollow of the unit main body. The coupling structure connects the plurality of head units in a state where the hollows of the unit main bodies communicate with one another.

Polyethylene terephthalate coloring systems and methods
10751915 · 2020-08-25 · ·

A method of manufacturing a plurality of colors of bulked continuous carpet filament from a single multi-screw extruder which, in various embodiments, comprises: (A) passing PET through an extruder that melts the PET and purifies the resulting PET polymer melt; (B) splitting the extruded polymer melt into a plurality of melt streams and adding a colorant to each of the plurality of melt streams; (C) using one or more static mixers (e.g., thirty six static mixers) to substantially uniformly mix (e.g., homogeneously mix) each of the plurality of melt streams with its respective added colorant; and (D) feed each of the uniformly mixed and colored plurality of melt streams into a respective spinning machines that turns the polymer into filament for use in manufacturing carpet, rugs, and other products.

Polyethylene terephthalate coloring systems and methods
10751915 · 2020-08-25 · ·

A method of manufacturing a plurality of colors of bulked continuous carpet filament from a single multi-screw extruder which, in various embodiments, comprises: (A) passing PET through an extruder that melts the PET and purifies the resulting PET polymer melt; (B) splitting the extruded polymer melt into a plurality of melt streams and adding a colorant to each of the plurality of melt streams; (C) using one or more static mixers (e.g., thirty six static mixers) to substantially uniformly mix (e.g., homogeneously mix) each of the plurality of melt streams with its respective added colorant; and (D) feed each of the uniformly mixed and colored plurality of melt streams into a respective spinning machines that turns the polymer into filament for use in manufacturing carpet, rugs, and other products.

ELECTRO-SPINNING APPARATUS
20200208301 · 2020-07-02 ·

Provided is an electro-spinning apparatus, which can perform spinning uniformly over the entire width of a manufactured fiber. The apparatus includes: a solution distribution unit made of an electrical conductor to distribute and supply a spinning solution to injection lines; spinning nozzles installed to be individually coupled to the injection lines and spinning while adjusting a spinning amount of the spinning solution supplied through the injection lines; a solution supply line installed to be coupled on the top of the solution distribution unit to supply the spinning solution heated to a high temperature to the solution distribution unit; a high voltage supply unit installed on one side of the solution distribution unit to supply high voltage power; and a hot air supply unit for supplying air of hot temperature to each of the spinning nozzles and injecting the hot air through the spinning nozzles together with the spinning solution.

PACK FOR SPINNING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBER

A pack for spinning is provided with a kneading part disposed on a spinneret. The kneading part includes: an introduction plate including a plurality of first introduction holes for introducing a melted polymer; and a plurality of kneading units including a supply plate including a plurality of independent supply grooves into which the polymer introduced from the introduction holes flows and one or more supply holes disposed in each of the supply grooves, and a converging plate including a plurality of converging grooves in which a plurality of grooves into which the polymer supplied from the supply holes flows are intersected and a plurality of second introduction holes disposed in each of the converging grooves.