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Brex
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From:Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Registered: Jun 2006

posted June 06, 2006 03:30 PM

Any experience with processing tire cord, which is a nylon (thermo-plastic) and polyester (thermo-set) fluff? I know that extrusion works fine with a thermo-plastic but not sure what would happen to the thermo-set fibers in the fluff.

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Tom C
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From:Brodheadsville, PA USA
Registered: Jun 2001

posted June 07, 2006 10:07 AM

Brex,

Are you sure it is a thermoset polyester fiber. Perhaps Aramid or Kevlar?

Things don't look too promising either way. Nylon and polyester don't get along.

Two things come to mind;

If the polyester level is low, the material can be ground into a fine powder and added to another compound so that the polyester compoenet "disappears".

The other would be certain makers of plastic wood and rail road ties. Often than can include these fibers into their mix which acutally helps their properties.

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Best Regards,

Tom Cunningham
www.ExtrusionTechnicalServices.com

[This message has been edited by Tom C (edited June 07, 2006).]

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