A method of processing a water-dispersible, polymer-based material in a bath of a water-based solution includes providing a molten water-dispersible polymer material having monovalent cations. The water-dispersible polymer is introduced into a water bath comprising multivalent salt dissociated in the water bath into multivalent cations and anions. The water-dispersible polymer is retained within the water bath with the dissociated multivalent cations to quench the water-dispersible, polymer-based material while the monovalent cations proximate a surface of the water-dispersible polymer are exchanged with multivalent cations to form a barrier that temporarily resists dispersion of the water-dispersible, polymer-based material within the water bath. The method includes removing the water-dispersible polymer from water bath after the exchange step.

Disclosed are a variable-temperature yarn with a continuous sense of cold and a manufacturing method thereof. A fiber of the variable-temperature yarn with a continuous sense of cold comprises a skin part and a core part, wherein the core part is wrapped in the skin part and is made of a PCM or phase-change energy-storage wax, and a cross-sectional area of the PCM or phase-change energy-storage wax accounts for 5%-70% of a cross-sectional area of the fiber. More PCMs can be directly injected into a fiber core, so that a textile product has a stronger sense of cold, the sense of continuous cold of the product is greatly improved, the requirement of users for cold experience is better met, and the market blank is filled.

Disclosed are a variable-temperature yarn with a continuous sense of cold and a manufacturing method thereof. A fiber of the variable-temperature yarn with a continuous sense of cold comprises a skin part and a core part, wherein the core part is wrapped in the skin part and is made of a PCM or phase-change energy-storage wax, and a cross-sectional area of the PCM or phase-change energy-storage wax accounts for 5%-70% of a cross-sectional area of the fiber. More PCMs can be directly injected into a fiber core, so that a textile product has a stronger sense of cold, the sense of continuous cold of the product is greatly improved, the requirement of users for cold experience is better met, and the market blank is filled.

An ultra-high-molecular-weight fiber manufacturing method is provided. The method includes: removing moisture in a mixed liquid to form a to-be-processed raw material, and supplying the to-be-processed raw material to a spinning device, where the spinning device heats the to-be-processed raw material in different stages, to make the to-be-processed raw material form a semi-molten state and be extruded toward a discharge outlet, to spin at least one fibril; cooling the at least one fibril, to form a first wire; if hardness of the first wire is not in a hardness range, selecting at least two discontinuous heating zones located in the spinning device to perform temperature adjustment; stretching, heating, and re-stretching the first wire, to form a second wire; winding the second wire around a drum; and stretching, drying, and re-stretching the second wire, to form a final wire product.

An ultra-high-molecular-weight fiber manufacturing method is provided. The method includes: removing moisture in a mixed liquid to form a to-be-processed raw material, and supplying the to-be-processed raw material to a spinning device, where the spinning device heats the to-be-processed raw material in different stages, to make the to-be-processed raw material form a semi-molten state and be extruded toward a discharge outlet, to spin at least one fibril; cooling the at least one fibril, to form a first wire; if hardness of the first wire is not in a hardness range, selecting at least two discontinuous heating zones located in the spinning device to perform temperature adjustment; stretching, heating, and re-stretching the first wire, to form a second wire; winding the second wire around a drum; and stretching, drying, and re-stretching the second wire, to form a final wire product.

This disclosure relates to air-assisted spinnerets and spinneret arrays for electrospinning. In some embodiments, the air-assisted spinnerets and spinneret arrays are incorporated in electrospinning systems and/or electrospinning machines. Methods of making and using the same are also described herein.

This disclosure relates to air-assisted spinnerets and spinneret arrays for electrospinning. In some embodiments, the air-assisted spinnerets and spinneret arrays are incorporated in electrospinning systems and/or electrospinning machines. Methods of making and using the same are also described herein.

A method of processing of a polymer blend is provided. The method includes the step of introducing a polymer material and a secondary polymer material into a barrel of an extruder. A user-selected gas having a supercritical point is injected into the barrel. The user-selected gas is below the supercritical point thereof. The polymer material, the secondary polymer material and the user-selected gas are mixed within the barrel to form a polymer blend. The polymer blend is ejected from the barrel into a mold, pelletizer or the like.

A granular material for a fused deposition three-dimensional printer that enables a flexible molded object to be manufactured with high precision. A granular material for a fused deposition three-dimensional printer is provided. The granular material is formed of a thermoplastic elastomer, and the thermoplastic elastomer has, at at least one of the measurement temperature of 120 to 270° C., a loss tangent tan δ of 0.40 or more and a loss modulus G″ of 11000 Pa or less, which are measured with a rotary rheometer having a pair of parallel plates with a diameter of 20 mm and a measurement gap of 1.3 mm at a frequency of 1 Hz.

A water barrier for encapsulating a cable core has a layer of metal foil having a thickness of t.sub.1, and a single layer of a polyethylene-based polymer having a thickness of t.sub.2. The ratio t.sub.2:t.sub.1 is at least seven and the single layer of a polyethylene-based polymer has been deposited onto the metal foil by extrusion at an extrusion temperature of at least 150° C. with the metal foil preheated to a temperature of at least 130° C.