Biopolymers
Functional Polymer Systems
Synthesis and Polymer Technology
Water-born Polymer Systems
Pilot Plant Center Schkopau
Our working group deals with the development of manufacturing processes for fibres, nonwovens and films based on native polymers from renewable vegetable raw materials. Therefor diverse laboratory extruders, a pilot-scale spinning unit for spinning of viscose, carbamate, and Lyocell fibres, a blown film production unit as well as equipment for the development of nonwovens are available.
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Contact Dr. Horst Ebeling Phone +49 331 568-1810 Fax +49 331 568-2508 e-mail horst.ebeling@iap.fraunhofer.de |
In recent years emphasis of our work was put on the development of fibres and fleeces based
on the eco-friendly Lyocell and carbamate processes, respectively. Spinning solutions with
different dissolving pulps prepared according to the Lyocell process are suitable for the
fleece formation using the meltblown procedure. Cellulose carbamate solutions in caustic soda
were processed according to the spunlaid process. We could prove that these processes are an
interesting alternative for a high efficient fleece manufacturing.
For years the optimisation of the viscose process has been a developing emphasis and also in
future it will be an emphasis. This is true for the used raw materials and process parameter
as well as for the creation of new products.
The blown film production unit started up in 2000 and can operate with NMMO spinning solution
as well as with viscose.
Because of the close cooperation with the divisions of structure characterisation and material
testing we are able to detect structure-property relationships in the different phases of
development and based on these results to optimise the process parameters.