Spreading multifilament yarns into each mono filament by electro static method is studied.
The separation is performed while the yarn is passing through cylindrical electrodes charged at high voltage without touching them.
Several items concerning electrical separation of multifilaments are clarified as follows:
1) Separation of multifilaments takes place by repulsive force due to surface electric charge on each filament, the amount of which can be determined by the following theoretical equation σ=±2√<2T>/Ly
1; ∫
u1; 0; e
-u2du where σ: surface charge density (e. s. u/cm)
T: yarn tension (dyne)
L: length of yarn (cm)
y1; : maximum spreading width of a yarn when charged (cm)
y0; : Width of a yarn when not charged (cm) u
1; ;=√<logy
0; /y
1; >
2) There is a critical relative humidity which gives the maximum electric charge onto yarn.
A new effective method to make multifilament yarns separate is devised which uses a pair of electrodes having different polarity to get intensive electric field.
In this apparatus, an additional voltage onto multifilaments yarn is much lower than in the single electrode method.
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