| 摘要 |
The production of fibers from thermoplastic materials, particularly glass fibers, by feeding a molten stream of the material into the interior of a hollow centrifuge body of enlarged diameter rotating rapidly around a vertical axis, which body is provided with a peripheral wall of substantial height which is pierced with a large number of rows of orifices through which the molten material is projected by centrifugal force in the form of filaments, which are then attenuated into fibrous form by hot gaseous blasts acting in a direction transverse to the planes of emission of the filaments. The deformation of the centrifuge body is reduced and its operating life is extended by critically controlling the temperature of the molten material which is projected through the orifices by first directing the incoming stream of molten material onto an annular supporting element or flange which is integral with the lower edge of said peripheral wall and extending inwardly therefrom, wherefrom the molten material is distributed in an upward direction along the interior face of said peripheral wall in position to be projected through the orifices therein. The introduction of the molten material upwardly from the annular flange or support element enables the accurate control of the temperature of the molten material by heating the latter or the support element so that the temperature of the peripheral wall is substantially constant along the entire height thereof, resulting in the production of fibers of uniform characteristics. |
