Fourné Laboratory and Pilot Melt Spintester
Fourné Laboratory and Pilot Melt Spintester

The well known and proven technology of Fourné melt spintesters is especially suitable for:
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Testing of spinnability of polymer materials (chips or powder) |
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Production of smallest amounts of filament yarn or fibers |
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Production of material samples |
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Development of new fiber materials for special applications |
For these processes all the advantages of a Fourné melt spintester become apparent, i.e.:
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Lowest raw material demand and minimized throughput with optimum homogeneity of the melt in Fourné spinning extruders |
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Retrofitting of side stream units for liquid or melted additives |
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Extendable for all kinds of bi- and multi-component fiber production |
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Optional equipment available for production of hollow fibers |
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Reproduction of the production process in a small space |
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One-man operation possible |
Laboratory spintesters allow tests with material throughputs between 300 g and 5 kg per hour. With pilot spinning plants throughputs from
4 kg to 50 kg per hour are possible, depending on the specification.
The standard spinning systems are designed for polymers with spinning temperatures up to approx. 350 °C, suitable for e.g. PET, PA, PP, PE.
Optionally Fourné can offer a high temperature system for spinning temperatures up to 500 °C, so that spinning of polymers like PEEK or PPS become possible.

Depending on the specification titers of 22 – 240 or 100 to 500 dtex are possible for multifilaments, comprising a capillary fineness of 0,5 to 20 dtex. For monofilaments diameters of approx. 0,01 to 0,15 mm are practicable.
Fourné melt spinning plants can be designed for different spinning processes:
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Monofilament production |
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POY spinning of textile yarns |
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FDY spinning of textile yarns |
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MOY spinning of textile yarns |
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UDY spinning of textile yarns |
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BCF spinning of carpet yarns |
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Production of technical and industrial yarns |
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Bicomponent yarns and fibers |
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Spinning of hollow fibers |
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Spunbond and melt blown non-wovens |
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Spundied filament yarns and fibers with masterbatch dosing systems |
With universal spintesters it is possible to run several of these processes on a single plant.