Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for preventing or reducing deposit forming of superabsorbent material and/or oil onto guide rollers during the process of applying a superabsorbent water-in-oil emulsion onto a yarn wherein the oil is a mixture comprising saturated hydrocarbons, characterized in that the at least 70 wt % of the hydrocarbons have 20 to 32 carbon atoms.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for preventing or reducing deposit forming of superabsorbent material and/or oil onto guide rollers during the process of applying a superabsorbent water-in-oil emulsion onto a yarn wherein the oil is a mixture comprising saturated hydrocarbons, characterized in that the at least 70 wt % of the hydrocarbons have 20 to 32 carbon atoms.
Abstract:
The invention pertains to an aramid filament yarn provided with a finish composition comprising an organic substance, the amount of organic substance in the finish being selected so that the finish has a conductivity from 0.2 mS/cm to 200 mS/cm, measured as a 50 wt% finish composition in water at 20 °C, and the amount of the finish on the yarn being selected so that the yarn has a specific electric resistance from 4x104 to 1.2x107 Ohm. cm. The invention further pertains to an ADSS cable reinforced with bundles of said aramid filament yarn, and to a method for making the ADSS cable.
Abstract:
The invention pertains to a method for improving filament cohesiveness of chopped aramid fiber including the steps of impregnating a film-forming binding agent into the fiber, drying the fiber, optionally applying a finish to the fiber, and chopping the fiber to pieces of 1 to 16 mm length, characterized in that the fiber prior to applying the binding agent is subjected to a twisting process to obtain a fiber having a twisting level of 10 to 150 tpm and that the chopping of the fiber is performed in a rotary chopper.
Abstract:
Linear tension member having multiple fibers and at least 0.1 wt % of solid hydrophobic organic nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 10-300 nm and a standard deviation σ of at least 10% of the mean value, which linear tension member has a linear mass density of at least 10.000 dtex and has at least 80 wt % of fibers having a mass density higher than 1 g/cm3. The disclosure also pertains to the use of such particles for making a linear tension member buoyant and to a process to manufacture a floating linear tension member.
Abstract:
The invention pertains to a method for improving bundle cohesiveness of a bundle of aramid yarns and decreasing its friction coefficient, comprising adding to the bundle of yarns 0.1 - 3.0 wt.%, based on the yarn weight, of a water-soluble or water-dispersible film forming binding agent, followed by treating the bundle of yarns with an oil having an intrinsic viscosity less than 100 mm2/s.
Abstract:
The invention pertains to a finish composition for treating yarns comprising a mixture of silicone oil emulsion and a wax emulsion wherein the amount of silicone oil is 0.5 to 30 wt.%, the amount of wax is 1.5 to 45 wt.%, the total of silicone oil and wax is 2 to 60 wt.%, and the ratio silicone oil:wax is
Abstract:
The invention pertains to an aramid filament yarn provided with a finish comprising >1.5wt.% of an organic substance with a conductivity of > 4 mS/cm, measured as a 50 wt.% finish composition in water at 20°C, having a specific electric resistance of the yarn
Abstract:
Linear tension member having multiple fibers and at least 0.1 wt % of solid hydrophobic organic nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 10-300 nm and a standard deviation σ of at least 10% of the mean value, which linear tension member has a linear mass density of at least 10.000 dtex and has at least 80 wt % of fibers having a mass density higher than 1 g/cm3. The disclosure also pertains to the use of such particles for making a linear tension member buoyant and to a process to manufacture a floating linear tension member.