摘要 |
Method and apparatus to reduce or eliminate undesirable filament bundles in a spunbond generating process that includes providing a spin beam that has a source of polymer melt, a spinneret for forming individual filaments of said polymer melt and a drawing unit that draws the filaments from the spinneret for depositing on a web forming means below the drawing unit. The spin beam includes one or more embedded electrodes that charge electrostatically the polymer melt that is used to form the filaments in the spinneret with like charges. By having filaments of a similar electrostatic charge (which is a repelling force), bundling is eliminated. The apparatus and method may also include providing an additional electrostatic charge at the entrance of the drawing unit for further electrostatically charging the filaments.
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