An energy dissipating fiber and fabric for protective textile application, which can absorb energy during shocking, stretching and vibration. The disclosed fiber/fabric can include a polymer matrix, a shear-thickening material and a reinforcing filler.

A polylactic acid fiber is provided. The polylactic acid fiber includes a first polylactic acid material and a second polylactic acid material. The first polylactic acid material is encapsulated by the second polylactic acid material. Based on a total volume of the polylactic acid fiber being 100%, a volume of the second polylactic acid material is at least 20%. The second polylactic acid material includes 15 wt % to 85 wt % of poly(D-lactic acid) and 15 wt % to 85 wt % of poly(L-lactic acid).

The invention concerns a textile fiber or textile web having a binary polymer composition, which binary polymer composition included a first polymer being cellulose acetate propionate and a second polymer selected from several polymers. Furthermore, a method and use related thereto are described.

A core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair including a core part and a sheath part is provided. The core part includes of a polyester-based resin composition that contains a polyester-based resin as a main component and the sheath part includes a polyamide-based resin composition that contains a polyamide-based resin as a main component. The core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair has a core-to-sheath area ratio of core:sheath=2:8 to 8:2 and a flat two-lobed cross sectional shape, and the polyamide-based resin composition has a melt viscosity of 140 Pa.Math.s or less and contains a pigment. With this configuration, a core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair in which exposure of the core part is suppressed and that has a touch close to that of human hair and an improved combing property, a hair ornament product including the same, and a method for producing the same are provided.

A core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair including a core part and a sheath part is provide. The core part includes a polyester-based resin composition that contains a polyester-based resin and the sheath part is comprised of a polyamide-based resin composition that contains a polyamide-based resin. The core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair has a single fiber fineness of 20 dtex or more and 80 dtex or less and a coefficient of variation of the single fiber diameter of 10% or more and 40% or less. With this configuration, a core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair that has a touch close to that of human hair and a good gloss, a hair ornament product including the same, and a method for producing the same are provided.

A core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair including a core part and a sheath part is provide. The core part includes a polyester-based resin composition that contains a polyester-based resin and the sheath part is comprised of a polyamide-based resin composition that contains a polyamide-based resin. The core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair has a single fiber fineness of 20 dtex or more and 80 dtex or less and a coefficient of variation of the single fiber diameter of 10% or more and 40% or less. With this configuration, a core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair that has a touch close to that of human hair and a good gloss, a hair ornament product including the same, and a method for producing the same are provided.

A core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair including a core part and a sheath part is provided. The core part contains a polyester-based resin composition containing a polyester-based resin, and the sheath part contains a polyamide-based resin composition containing a polyamide-based resin. The core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair has a core-to-sheath area ratio of core:sheath=2:8 to 8:2 and includes a hollow part, and the area of the hollow part constitutes 7% or more and 40% or less of the area of a fiber cross section. A core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair that has a touch close to that of human hair and good voluminousness and curl setting property, and a hair ornament product including the same, and a method for producing the same are provided.

A core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair including a core part and a sheath part is provided. The core part contains a polyester-based resin composition containing a polyester-based resin, and the sheath part contains a polyamide-based resin composition containing a polyamide-based resin. The core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair has a core-to-sheath area ratio of core:sheath=2:8 to 8:2 and includes a hollow part, and the area of the hollow part constitutes 7% or more and 40% or less of the area of a fiber cross section. A core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair that has a touch close to that of human hair and good voluminousness and curl setting property, and a hair ornament product including the same, and a method for producing the same are provided.

A plurality of colored filament bundles are initially extruded separately, cooled and each combined into a partial thread. The partial threads are then separately pre-swirled and stretched individually or as a partial composite thread formed from a plurality of partial threads. Crimping then occurs. After the crimping, the partial threads and the partial composite thread are combined into a composite thread and wound into a coil. In accordance with certain techniques, a melt spinning apparatus has a pre-swirling apparatus having a plurality of swirling nozzles, a post-swirling device having a plurality of post-swirling nozzles and a crimping device having a plurality of texturing nozzles, wherein the nozzles are designed such that an individual partial thread or a partial composite thread formed from a plurality of partial threads can optionally be processed.

The invention relates to a polymeric fibre derived from a copolymer of polyacrylonitrile and a comonomer. The fibre comprises a metal ion and/or silicon at from about 1 to about 15 wt %. A process for making the fibre is also described.