POLYESTER

Techinical Propertires

POLYESTER IS A MELT-SPUN FIBER. POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET) IS THE MOST COMMON. IT IS SOURCED FROM PLASTIC BOTTLES AND PRE AND POST-CONSUMER WASTE. IT IS A WHITE FIBER MADE INTO MANY DIFFERENT CROSS SECTIONS; ROUND, MULTILOBULAR, OVAL, AND HOLLOW. IT CAN HAVE DIFFERENTAMOUNTSOFCRIMPAND LUSTER,ASWELLASBEAFILAMENT, STAPLE,ORTOWFIBER.ITISSTRONG BUT CAN PILL. SHRINKING MAY OCCURIFITHASNOTBEENHEATSET. IT HAS LOW ABSORBENCY AND AVERAGEWICKINGABILITY.ITISNOT HARMED BY ACID, BLEACHES, OR DETERGENTS.ITDOESNOTCONDUCT ELECTRICITY SO IT DOES NOT HAVE STATIC CLING. POLYESTER IS HEAT SENSITIVE AND CAN CREASE EASILY WITHANIRON.MILDEWANDINSECTS AND AGE WILL NOT DEGRADE POLYESTER, BUT THE SUN CAN DAMAGEIT.

Functions

POLYESTER IS THE MOST WIDELY USED MAN-MADE FIBER, EITHER BY ITSELF OR BLENDED WITH OTHER FIBERS. IT IS USED IN APPAREL, IN KNITS, WOVENS, AND NONWOVENS FOR UNDERWEAR, CASUAL AND FORMAL WEAR, UNIFORMS AND OUTERWEAR, SPORTSWEAR, AND RAINWEAR. IN FURNISHINGS, IT CANBEUSEDINSHEETSANDBEDDINGS,CURTAINS, TABLELINENS,ANDUPHOLSTERYFABRICS.ITCANBE A SUBSTITUTE FOR DOWN IN PILLOWS, COMFORTERS, SLEEPING BAGS, AND QUILTED FABRICS.YOUCANALSOBEUSEDINCARPETINGAND IT'S CHEAPER THAN NYLON. AND POLYESTER’S INDUSTRIAL USES ARE TIRE CORDS, ROPES, SAILS, ANDFILTERS.