UHMWPE fiber and method to produce

• Main Authors: Ardiff Henry Gerard, Klein Ralf, Young John Armstrong, Tam Thomas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.03.2018
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; BRAIDING; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COTTON-WOOL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; KNITTING; LACE-MAKING; LAUNDERING; MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL; METALLURGY; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS,FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS; TRIMMINGS; WADDING; WORKING-UP

Processes for preparing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, and the fibers and articles produced therefrom. Exposed surfaces of the fibers are subjected to a treatment that enhances the surface energy at the fiber surfaces. Such treated surfaces are subsequently coated with a protective...