POLYESTER FILAMENT YARN
Product Description
Yarns for apparel and home furnishings usually have deniers ranging from 80 to 160. A dominant share of polyester filament yarn is used as textured yarn. Texturing modifies the filament yarn to increase properties such as bulk, resilience, abrasion resistance, warmth and insulation or to give a softer, more natural hand to the final fabric. The yarn must first be fully drawn to enable it to be subjected to a variety of texturing methods that add coils, crimp, curls, loops and other features to the flat yarn.
Process / Technology / Feedstock
Polyester is manufactured by one of several methods. The one used depends on the form the finished polyester will take. The four basic forms are filament, staple, tow, and fiberfill. In the filament form, each individual strand of polyester fiber is continuous in length, producing smooth-surfaced fabrics. In staple form, filaments are cut to short, predetermined lengths. In this form polyester is easier to blend with other fibers. Tow is a form in which continuous filaments are drawn loosely together.
End Use
- Polyester yarns for apparel and home furnishings have typical denier levels ranging from 70 to 160.
- Polyester industrial yarns, also known as high-tenacity filament yarns, refer to very strong, heavy-denier filament fibers that are equal to or coarser than 500 denier. Typical applications for the heavy-duty industrial yarns include tire cord (about 1,000 den-ier), rope and cordage, seat belts, hoses and conveyor belts.
Complete data on polyester filament yarn trends in demand - supply, major producers, price trends, end use, international trade is covered in the YnFx Polyester Chain Report 2009 the recent edition published by YNFX
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The report contains 150 pages packed with up-to-date statistics and objective analysis of the trends and recent development of the polyester Industry covering the entire value chain beginning from ethylene further to intermediate – PTA & MEG, down to polyester fibre and filaments. The Report presents tabulation and graphical presentation of trends in demand and supply of polyester chain country-wise from 2003 to 2008 and projections upto 2014 for both fibre and filament. Processes description, end use and derivatives along with the latest producer-wise capacity are added feature of this report. The report also covers information on polyester - international trade. |
