IP Library Granted Patent US 9,834,864
Granted Patent B2
US 9,834,864 · App. 14/768,828 · Granted Dec 5, 2017

Process for producing a fibrous bundle via a spinning nozzle

Inventors: Yoshinobu Kotera (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Yukio Onohara (Otake, JP); Shima Nakanishi (Otake, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
D01D5/06D01D4/02D01F6/18D21H13/18
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Patent No.
US 9,834,864
App. No.
14/768,828
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spinning nozzle which has a perforated part in which ejection holes have been arranged in a density as high as 600-1,200 holes/mm 2 . This process for producing a fibrous bundle comprises ejecting a spinning dope having a viscosity as measured at 50° C. of 30-200 P from the ejection holes of the spinning nozzle to produce a fibrous bundle. This fibrous bundle has a single-fiber fineness of 0.005-0.01 dtex. By the wet-process direct spinning, a mass of nanofibers which are stably uniform and continuous can be produced at a high efficiency.

Claims (15)

1. A spinning nozzle comprising a perforated part having a number of ejection holes per square mm of at least 600 holes/mm 2 to no more than 1,200 holes/mm 2 .

2. The spinning nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein one of the ejection holes has an opening area of is at least 100 μm 2 to no more than 350 μm 2 .

3. The spinning nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the ejection holes is at least 8×10 5 to no more than 25×10 5 holes.

4. The spinning nozzle according to claim 1 , having an inter-outer edge distance between a first ejection hole and a second ejection hole closest to the first ejection hole of at least 10 μm to no more than 20 μm.

5. The spinning nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein all of the ejection holes have a course for which a distance from an outer edge of the ejection holes to a perforated part outer peripheral line of the perforated part is no more than 2 mm.

6. A process for producing a fibrous bundle, comprising:

ejecting a spinning dope from the ejection holes of the spinning nozzle according to claim 1 ; and

obtaining the fibrous bundle,

wherein the fibrous bundle comprising fibers has a single-fiber fineness of at least 0.005 dtex to no more than 0.01 dtex, and a total fineness of at least 4×10 3 dtex to no more than 8×10 5 dtex.

7. The process according to claim 6 , wherein the spinning dope has a viscosity at 50° C. of at least 30 poise to no more than 200 poise.

8. The process according to claim 6 , wherein the spinning dope comprises a polymer dissolved within and the polymer has a specific viscosity of at least 0.18 to no more than 0.27.

9. The process according to claim 6 , wherein the fibrous bundle comprises acrylic fibers.

10. The process according to claim 6 , further comprising:

providing an oil solution treatment liquid having a concentration of oil solution of 3 to 10% to the fibrous bundle, and

drying the fibrous bundle while the oil solution treatment liquid adheres thereto.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 6, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043098/0486 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2015
From: KOTERA, YOSHINOBU; ONOHARA, YUKIO; NAKANISHI, SHIMA
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036359/0367 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-035964 · Feb 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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