Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation

A yarn storage container for storing a yarn, said storage container comprising a, preferably tubular, container, having an axial length, a, preferably tubular, wall and a first and second axial extremity, the first axial extremity of said container having an opening for receiving an end of a yarn, said second axial extremity of said container being air-permeably closed, said wall is air permeable by means of a plurality of openings present along the axial length of said container. The invention further relates to a yarn storage system comprising a plurality of containers, to a textile production assembly and to methods of producing yarn and textiles.

A low-weight carpet or carpet tile and process for making the same, wherein the carpet or carpet tile comprises a facecloth having a plurality of face yarns tufted through a primary backing, a low-viscosity polyolefin coating layer applied to the primary backing, a reinforcing scrim layer, and an extruded polyolefin sheet. The top surface and bottom surface of the carpet tile are defined by the facecloth and either the extruded polyolefin sheet or the reinforcing scrim layer, respectively. The entire multi-layer web is then passed through a nip to compress the layers together, and the entire web is chilled before optionally being cut into tiles.

A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament that includes providing a polymer melt and separating the polymer melt from the extruder into at least eight streams. The multiple streams are exposed to a chamber pressure within a chamber that is below approximately 25 millibars, or another predetermined pressure. The streams are recombined into a single polymer stream. Polymer from the polymer stream is then formed into bulked continuous carpet filament.

Method for manufacturing yarn, wherein said yarn comprises a plurality of continuous filaments, wherein said method comprises at least the following steps: the step of spinning, preferably melt spinning, a plurality of continuous filaments; and the step of treating said plurality of continuous filaments by means of a pressurized fluid supplied by two or more nozzles, and wherein one or more of said nozzles deliver said fluid at a varying pressure and/or rate and/or temperature.

Various methods of coloring a stream of polymer melt to produce filaments to a desired and consistent color and luster may include adding one or more colorants to the polymer stream at one or more selected locations in the flow of the stream of the polymer melt before entering and through an extruder. The color of the polymer melt and the extruded filaments may be determined by sensors at selected locations within the extruder and after the filaments have been extruded. A comparison of the sensed color to the desired color may be made and corrective actions may be taken if the color deviates from the desired color. The corrective actions may be to discard some of the polymer melt and/or the extruded filaments, or to make changes to the amount of colorant being added at one or more of the locations in the process.

A floor panel with a substrate, a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less on the substrate, and a lacquer layer including transparent or translucent surface material on the wood veneer. The lacquer layer can have hard particles. The lacquer layer can extend from the upper surface of the wood veneer at least up to a side edge of the wood veneer, such that the side edge is at least partially covered by the lacquer layer.

A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament from a plurality of polymer flakes comprises: (1) providing an extruder; (2) melting and purifying the plurality of polymer flakes into a polymer stream using the extruder; (3) providing a static mixing assembly downstream of the extruder; (4) adding a first liquid colorant to a center of the polymer stream at a first location before the static mixing assembly or along a length of the static mixing assembly; (5) adding a second liquid colorant to the polymer stream at a second location before the static mixing assembly or along a length of the static mixing assembly; (6) using the static mixing assembly to mix the polymer stream with the first and second liquid colorant to create a colored polymer stream; and (7) forming the colored polymer stream into bulked continuous carpet filament.

Various implementations include a spinneret plate defining a plurality of capillaries, including a first, second, and third capillary portions with a substantially hexagonal central area therebetween. The substantially hexagonal central area is joined to the spinneret plate by first and second legs being radially spaced apart and separate by a first apex of the substantially hexagonal area. A filament is formed by a polymer exiting the end of the capillary in three separate strands having the shape of the openings, and each strand bulges radially outwardly such that the strands merge together.

Prior art teaches to apply strands of a hot melt adhesive on a primary backing of a textile product, such as a carpet or carpet tile, before adhering a secondary backing. In some cases, all portions of the strands may not contribute to the adhesion strength. Adjusting the viscosity of the hot melt adhesive may make the strands less flexible as they lay across the irregular features of the backstitching of a primary backing so they provide greater adhesion to the secondary backing. Alternatively, applying the hot melt adhesive to the secondary backing will also be used to create sufficient adhesion. Preferentially, using an air knife to prevent the strands from forming and/or to press the hot melt adhesive into the primary backing may also be used to create sufficient adhesion. These methods provide greater adhesion between the primary and secondary backings with less hot melt adhesive.

A low-weight carpet tile and process for making the same, wherein the carpet tile comprises a facecloth having a plurality of face yarns tufted through a primary backing, an extruded polymer secondary backing layer, and a reinforcing scrim layer partially embedded within the extruded polymer secondary backing layer. The top surface and bottom surface of the carpet tile are defined by the facecloth and the reinforcing scrim layer, respectively. A polymer-based resin is extruded onto the facecloth to form an at least substantially uniform secondary backing layer, and the reinforcing scrim layer is laid onto the extruded polymer secondary backing layer while the extruded polymer secondary backing layer remains above a softening temperature for the resin. The entire multi-layer web is then passed through a nip to embed the reinforcing scrim layer into the extruded polymer secondary layer, and the entire web is chilled.