multifilament die

Our MFD offers you the solution: reliable, reproducible and swift results

with less material, waste, less equipment and lower infrastructural costs.

Even more so when the MFD is used in combination with the winding

unit from our fibre line.

The core of this laboratory multi filament die is formed by an insulated

temperature controlled, divisible, easy to clean, tool steel housing

containing a filter element which filters contaminations or gels out

of the processed material. Also, the optional mini feeding unit can

be mounted on to the housing of the micro compounder to

have no feeding issues. Also, the stainless-steel hopper and the forced

feeding screws can be acquired as an option to the Micro

Compounder (MC 15) to support continuous feeding of granules into

the compounder. This guarantees a constant equilibrium in the main

barrel, in combination with our MC 15 force measurement (Fv) this

enables consistent throughput, hence near-perfect filament dimensions.

Optionally a pressure transducer can be connected to the MFD, to

optimize the fibre spin process even more. Pressure and temperature

can be monitored on the provided control box, which is part of the

complete setup. The dedicated quench box is divided into two sections;

first, the filaments enter an inert upper section just below the MFD

and just below the inertisation section is a wetting (“avivage”) unit

mounted, and, second, there is a space for a flexible cooling area for

the filaments. This allows you to wet and cool the filaments under

specific custom controlled conditions. On request, the quench box can

also be equipped with a melt strength measurement.

The MFD can produce 12 multifilament’s from a minimum of 100

grams of material. The MFD can be easily fitted on our latest MC 15

micro compounders but is also backwards compatible with earlier

models of MC 15 compounders, designed by Xplore.