On-line determination of diameter and temperature during melt blowing of polypropylene

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1799-1806

  Bansal, Vishal ^a   Shambaugh, Robert L ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; POLYPROPYLENES; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

MELT BLOWING;

BLOW MOLDING;

FABRICS, NONWOVEN, MELT-BLOWN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLYPROPYLENE FABRICS; TESTING, TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032075798     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9709042     Document Type: Article

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