Online measurement of fiber diameter and temperature in the melt-spinning and melt-blowing processes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 8736-8744

  Marla, Vishnu T ^a   Shambaugh, Robert L ^a   Papavassiliou, Dimitrios V ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER DIAMETERS; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; MELT BLOWING; MELT BLOWING PROCESS; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT;

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELT SPINNING; REMOTE SENSING;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 70349308787     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900615n     Document Type: Article

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