The present invention is directed to a method and a system for the production of at least one polymeric yarn comprising means for mixing a polymer (1) with a first solvent yielding a mixture; means for homogenizing the mixture; means for rendering the mixture inert (21, 22, 23); means for dipping the mixture into a quenching bath (30), wherein an air gap is maintained before the mixture reaches the quenching bath (30) liquid surface forming at least one polymeric yarn; means for drawing (41) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once; means for washing (5) the at least one polymeric yarn with a second solvent that is more volatile than the first solvent; means for heating the at least one polymeric yarn (6); means for drawing at room temperature (7) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once; and means for heat drawing (8) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once. The instant invention also concerns a system and method of dosing a polymer mixture with a first solvent into an extruder (26), a device (5), a system and a method of solvent extraction from at least one polymeric yarn, and a method and system of mechanical pre-recovery (4) of at least one liquid in at least one polymeric yarn.

A process, for example a continuous process, for making an article of manufacture containing a fibrous structure and more particularly a process for making an article of manufacture containing a fibrous structure, such as a soluble fibrous structure, containing soluble filaments is provided.

A process, for example a continuous process, for making an article of manufacture containing a fibrous structure and more particularly a process for making an article of manufacture containing a fibrous structure, such as a soluble fibrous structure, containing soluble filaments is provided.

Disclosed are methods of forming a plurality of fibers, and nanofibers produced from such a method.

Disclosed are methods of forming a plurality of fibers, and nanofibers produced from such a method.

The present invention is directed to a method and a system for the production of at least one polymeric yarn comprising means for mixing a polymer (1) with a first solvent yielding a mixture; means for homogenizing the mixture; means for rendering the mixture inert (21, 22, 23); means for dipping the mixture into a quenching bath (30), wherein an air gap is maintained before the mixture reaches the quenching bath (30) liquid surface forming at least one polymeric yarn; means for drawing (41) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once; means for washing (5) the at least one polymeric yarn with a second solvent that is more volatile than the first solvent; means for heating the at least one polymeric yarn (6); means for drawing at room temperature (7) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once; and means for heat drawing (8) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once. The instant invention also concerns a system and method of dosing a polymer mixture with a first solvent into an extruder (26), a device (5), a system and a method of solvent extraction from at least one polymeric yarn, and a method and system of mechanical pre-recovery (4) of at least one liquid in at least one polymeric yarn.

The present invention is directed to a method and a system for the production of at least one polymeric yarn comprising means for mixing a polymer (1) with a first solvent yielding a mixture; means for homogenizing the mixture; means for rendering the mixture inert (21, 22, 23); means for dipping the mixture into a quenching bath (30), wherein an air gap is maintained before the mixture reaches the quenching bath (30) liquid surface forming at least one polymeric yarn; means for drawing (41) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once; means for washing (5) the at least one polymeric yarn with a second solvent that is more volatile than the first solvent; means for heating the at least one polymeric yarn (6); means for drawing at room temperature (7) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once; and means for heat drawing (8) the at least one polymeric yarn at least once. The instant invention also concerns a system and method of dosing a polymer mixture with a first solvent into an extruder (26), a device (5), a system and a method of solvent extraction from at least one polymeric yarn, and a method and system of mechanical pre-recovery (4) of at least one liquid in at least one polymeric yarn.

The present invention provides an elastic fiber dry spinning component and spinning part. The spinning component includes: a temperature control box (3) including a box body (31), wherein the box body (31) is longitudinally provided with multiple polymer solution channels (32) separated from each other; areas in the box body (31) other than the polymer solution channels (32) are cavities, and the cavities are used for circulation of a fluid medium that exchanges heat with an elastic fiber dry spinning polymer solution in the polymer solution channels (32); and a spinneret part (4) detachably connected to the temperature control box (3), wherein the spinneret part (4) includes multiple spinneret orifice sets (41) separated from each other, and the multiple spinneret orifice sets (41) are correspondingly in communication with outlets of the multiple polymer solution channels (32). The spinning part includes a metering device and the above-mentioned spinning component; the metering device is detachably connected to the temperature control box (3) and is used for metering and allocating the elastic fiber dry spinning polymer solution to the multiple polymer solution channels (32). The spinning component and the spinning part are convenient to install and maintain and are highly efficient.

The present invention provides an elastic fiber dry spinning component and spinning part. The spinning component includes: a temperature control box (3) including a box body (31), wherein the box body (31) is longitudinally provided with multiple polymer solution channels (32) separated from each other; areas in the box body (31) other than the polymer solution channels (32) are cavities, and the cavities are used for circulation of a fluid medium that exchanges heat with an elastic fiber dry spinning polymer solution in the polymer solution channels (32); and a spinneret part (4) detachably connected to the temperature control box (3), wherein the spinneret part (4) includes multiple spinneret orifice sets (41) separated from each other, and the multiple spinneret orifice sets (41) are correspondingly in communication with outlets of the multiple polymer solution channels (32). The spinning part includes a metering device and the above-mentioned spinning component; the metering device is detachably connected to the temperature control box (3) and is used for metering and allocating the elastic fiber dry spinning polymer solution to the multiple polymer solution channels (32). The spinning component and the spinning part are convenient to install and maintain and are highly efficient.

The present invention describes a method of dissolving cellulose, said method comprising: dissolving cellulose in an alkali solution: filtering the dissolved cellulose, thereby forming a filtered dissolved cellulose solution and a filter reject; mixing said filter reject having a first viscosity value with a dissolution liquid having a second viscosity value, wherein the second viscosity value is lower than the first viscosity value, to provide a diluted reject stream having a third viscosity value being lower than the first viscosity value of the filter reject; andseparating inhomogeneities from the diluted reject stream.