Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
  • D01D—MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
  • D01D7/00—Collecting the newly-spun products
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
  • D01D—MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
  • D01D5/00—Formation of filaments, threads, or the like
  • D01D5/0007—Electro-spinning
  • D01D5/0061—Electro-spinning characterised by the electro-spinning apparatus
  • D01D5/0076—Electro-spinning characterised by the electro-spinning apparatus characterised by the collecting device, e.g. drum, wheel, endless belt, plate or grid
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
  • D01F—CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FILAMENTS
  • D01F6/00—Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof
  • D01F6/58—Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof from homopolycondensation products
  • D01F6/70—Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof from homopolycondensation products from polyurethanes

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a method for producing fibers having a thickness of a nano level (hereinafter, 'nanofibers'), and more specifically to a method for producing nanofibers which is capable of effectively preventing nanofibers collected on a collector from being dissolved again by a remaining solvent, especially a solvent with a low volatility (a solvent with a high boiling point) to thus deteriorate fiber formation property by quickly volatilizing the solvent remaining on the collector using the collector with a heater. More concretely, the present invention relates to a method capable of mass production of nanofibers at a high efficiency since remaining solvents can be volatilized more efficiently so that nanofibers
• nanofibers are produced by using a solvent with a low volatility (a solvent with a high boiling point) or nanofibers are electrostatically spun for a long time by using a solvent
• Products such as nonwoven fabrics, membranes, braids, etc. composed of nanofibers are widely used for daily necessaries and in agricultural, apparel and industrial applications, etc. Concretely, they
• No. 4,044,404 comprises a spinning liquid main tank for storing a
• a metering pump for constant feeding the spinning liquid; a nozzle block with a plurality of nozzles arranged for discharging the spinning liquid; a collector located on the lower end of the nozzles and
• a spinning liquid in the spinning liquid main tank is continuously constant- fed into the plurality
• the spinning liquid fed into the nozzles is spun on the collector with a high voltage through the nozzles to collect the spun nanofibers on the collector.
• the nanofibers are produced by such typical electrostatic spinning method of the prior art, there is a problem that the nanofibers collected on the collector are dissolved by a solvent remaining
• nanofibers are electrostatically spun for a long time for the purpose of mass production, the solvent remains on the collector, and accordingly the nanofibers collected on the collector are
• the present invention provides a
• the present invention provides a method for mass production of nanofibers at higher fiber formation efficiency regardless of a solvent to be used.
• a collector 8 provided with a heater 6 is used as the collector 8.
• Fig. 1 is an enlarged schematic view of heater 6 and supporting element 7 sections of direct heating type in a collector employed in the
• FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of heater 6 and supporting element 7 sections of indirect heating type in the collector employed in the present invention.
• a direct heating type as shown in Fig. 1 or a collector 8 with a heater 6 of an indirect heating type as shown in Fig. 2 is employed in order to promote the volatilization of the solvent remaining on the collector when
• the collector 8 with the heater 6 of direct heating type can be used a laminate element of a three layer structure
• a supporting element 7 which is a lower end surface
• a conductive plate 5 which is an upper end surface
• a heater 6 of direct heating type located between the supporting element
• the heater 6 of direct heating type can be used a heating plate 6a which has hot wires 6b covered with dielectric
• the dielectric polymer for covering the hot wires preferably used is silicon having a superior current blocking property. Silicon is advantageous in that it is easy to handle with because of a superior flexibility as well as the current flow blocking property.
• the conductive plate 5 to be laminated on the top of the heater 6 is
• the supporting element 7 located on a lower part of the heater 6 is preferably made from a dielectric material- such as plastic or
• the surface temperature of the collector 8 can be
• the collector 8 with the heater 6 of indirect heating type can be used a laminate element of a three layer structure which is composed of (i) a supporting element 7 which is a lower end surface, (ii) a conductive plate 5 which is an upper end surface, and (iii) a heater 6 located between the supporting element
• the heater 6 as shown in Fig. 2, can be used a heater of such a plate type which has a heat transfer medium circulation tube 6e
• heat transfer medium can be used water, steam or oil.
• the conductive plate 5 laminated on the top of the heater 6 is made
• the supporting element 7 located on a lower part of the heater 6 is preferably made from a dielectric material such as plastic or the like in order to minimize heat loss and increase adiabatic effect.
• the heater 6 is heated by circulating the heat transfer medium heated in the circulation type heat reservoir 6d into the heat transfer medium circulation tube 6e in the heater 6 during electrostatic spinning, and the heat generated from the heater 6 is conducted to the conductive plate 5 forming the surface of the collector 8, to thereby quickly volatilize the solvent remaining on the collector 8.
• a mechanism of heating the heater 6 of indirect heating type will be
• the heat transfer medium is
• the heated heat transfer medium is introduced into the heat transfer medium circulation tube 6e equipped in the heater 6 through the
• Fig. 3 is a process schematic view of the production of nanofibers in a top-down electrostatic spinning type by utilizing the collector 8 with the heater 6 according to the present invention.
• Fig. 4 is a process schematic view of the production of nanofibers in a down-top electrostatic spinning type by utilizing the collector 8 with the heater 6 according to the present invention.
• Fig. 5 is a process schematic view of the production of nanofibers in a horizontal electrostatic spinning type by
• collector 8 with the heater 6 is applicable
• the present invention is applicable to all of the top-down electrostatic spinning, down-top electrostatic spinning and horizontal electrostatic spinning as shown in Figs. 3 to 5.
• the present invention employs the collector 8
• nanofibers collected on the collector 8 are dissolved again by the remaining solvent, thereby improving fiber formation efficiency even in the case that a solvent with a low volatility (a solvent with a high boiling
• the present invention is capable of mass production of nanofibers for a long time by using a solvent with a high volatility (a solvent with a low boiling point) .
• Fig. 1 is an enlarged schematic view of heater 6 and supporting element 7 sections of direct heating type in a collector 8 employed in the present invention
• Fig. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of heater 6 and supporting
• Fig. 3 is a process schematic view of a top-down electrostatic
• FIG. 4 is a process schematic view of a down-top electrostatic spinning type according to the present invention.
• Fig. 5 is a process schematic view of a horizontal electrostatic
• FIG. 6 is an enlarged photograph of a nanofiber web produced according to Example 1 (in which a heater of direct heating type is
• FIG. 7 is an enlarged photograph of a nanofiber web produced according to Example 2 (in which a heater of indirect heating type is
• FIGs. 8 and 9 are enlarged photographs of a nanofiber web produced according to Comparative Example l(in which no heater is used).
• supporting element 8 collector (nanofiber accumulation plate)
• heating plate 6b hot wire covered with dielectric polymer
• Example 1 8% by weight of polyurethane resin (Pellethane 2103-80AE of Dow Chemical Company) with a molecular weight of 80,000 was dissolved N,
• N- dime thy Iformamide to prepare a spinning liquid.
• the prepared spinning liquid was electrostatically spun in a down-top electrostatic spinning method as shown in Fig. 4 to produce nanofibers.
• the voltage was 30kV and the
• spinning distance was 20cm.
• Model CH 50 of Simco Company was used.
• As a nozzle plate a nozzle plate with 2,000
• nozzles having a 0.8 diameter uniformly arranged was used.
• a collector 8 a laminate element of a three layer structure which is composed of (i) a supporting element 7 of a polypropylene plate, (ii) a heater 6 of direct heating type located on the
• a heating plate 6a which has hot wires 6b covered with silicon arranged at constant intervals and a temperature controller 6c attached thereto, and (iii) a conductive plate 5 made from an aluminum film and located on top of the heater.
• a nozzle plate As a nozzle plate, a nozzle plate with 2,000 holes (nozzles) having a 0.8 diameter uniformly arranged was used. Further, as a collector 8, was used a laminate element of a three layer structure which is composed of (i) a supporting element 7 of a polypropylene plate, (ii) a heater 6 of such a plate type that has a heat
• transfer medium circulation tube 6e equipped inside and is connected to a circulation type heat reservoir 6d by a heat transfer medium feed section 6f and a heat transfer medium discharge section 6g, and (iii) a
• conductive plate 5 made from an aluminum film and located on top of the heater.
• the surface temperature of the collector was 85°C.
• Nanofibers were produced in the same process and method as in Example 1 except that a typical collector with no heater 6 attached
• Example 1 indirect heating type of Example 1 or Example 2.
• An enlarged photograph of a produced nanofiber web is as shown in Fig. 8, and an enlarged photograph of the portion of a produced nanofiber web spun into three holes is as shown in Fig. 9.
• Fig. 6 the enlarged photograph of the nanofiber web produced in Example 1 and Fig. 8, the enlarged photograph of the nanofiber web produced in Comparative Example 1 , or by comparison between Fig. 7, the enlarged photograph of the nanofiber web produced in Example 2 and Fig. 9, the enlarged photograph of the
• nanofiber web produced in Comparative Example 1 it can be found out that the nanofibers produced in Example 1 and Example 2 maintain their fiber form as it is while the nanofibers produced in Comparative Example
• the present invention is capable of mass production of nanofibers regardless of the type of a solvent to be used and capable of greatly improving fiber formation efficiency.

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