IP Library Granted Patent US 7,303,710
Granted Patent B2
US 7,303,710 · App. 10/343,547 · Granted Dec 4, 2007

Method and device for extruding a continuous moulded body

Assignee: Zimmer A.G.
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Patent No.
US 7,303,710
App. No.
10/343,547
Granted
Dec 4, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method as well as a system for extruding continuously molded bodies for producing filaments or staple fibers from an extrusion solution, such as a cellulose solution containing water, cellulose and tertiary amine oxide such as N-methylmorpholine N-oxide. In comparison with the methods known from the prior art, profitability can be increased in the production of continuously molded bodies ( 3 ) if the extrusion rate v is set to a value v=B·T 0.33 ·10,000·(1/r 2 ). In a system, profitability can be enhanced if the number r of rows is r=[(B/v)·10,000·T 0.33 ] 1/2 . T is here the fiber titer in T dtex, v the extrusion rate in m/min, r the number of the rows of extrusion duct orifices ( 12 ), and B an operational parameter which is not more than 4 and at least 0.5.

Claims (20)

1. A method for extruding a continuously molded body for producing a filament or a staple fiber from an extrusion solution containing water, cellulose and tertiary amine oxide, the method comprising

passing the extrusion solution through a plurality of extrusion ducts of at least one extrusion head to an extrusion duct orifice, the extrusion ducts being arranged in a predetermined number of rows,

extruding the extrusion solution through the extrusion duct orifices at an extrusion rate v to produce an extruded, continuously molded body;

passing the extruded, continuously molded body through an air gap,

wherein the extrusion rate v in m/min is a function of the number of rows r the fiber titer T in dtex, and an operational parameter B, and is given by

v=B·T 0.33 ·10,000·(1 /r 2 ),

where the operational parameter B has a value of not more than 4.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the operational parameter has a value of not more than 3.5.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the operational parameter has a value of not more than 3.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the operational parameter has a value of at least 0.5.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising

discharging the continuously molded body from the extrusion head through the air gap in the form of a curtain.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising

passing the continuously molded body as a curtain through a precipitation bath.

7. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising

deflecting the curtain in a precipitation bath.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising

converging the deflected curtain outside the precipitation bath towards substantially one point.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising

passing the continuously molded body for producing a filament or a staple fiber from an extrusion solution in the air gap through substantially stagnant air.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 28, 2010
From: ZIMMER A.G.
To: ZIAG PLANT ENGINEERING GMBH
Reel/Frame 024456/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2010
From: ZIAG PLANT ENGINEERING GMBH
To: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 024456/0514 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2003
From: ZIKELI, STEFAN; ECKER, FRIEDRICH
To: ZIMMER A.G.
Reel/Frame 014257/0705 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 100 37 922 · Aug 3, 2000 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040021246A1 · Feb 5, 2004