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Polyester fibres are widely used in the textile industry. The invention of the polyester fibre is attributed to J. R. Whinfield. [9] It was first commercialized in the 1940s by ICI, under the brand 'Terylene'. [10] Subsequently E. I. DuPont launched the brand 'Dacron'. As of 2022, there are many brands around the world, mostly Asian.
The Millhaven Fibres Plant opened September 28, 1955 as the third polyester plant in the world. [1] It was originally built to manufacture a new type of synthetic yarn called Terylene, which is known as Dacron in the United States. Terylene polyester fibre was invented in England in 1940 and had wide application in the apparel trade and for ...
Fiberboard, classified by ASTM C208, Standard Specification for Cellulosic Fiber Insulating Board, [4] has many benefits and is used in residential and commercial construction. Applications include: sound proofing/deadening; structural sheathing; low-slope roofing; sound deadening flooring underlayment
A polyester shirt Close-up of a polyester shirt SEM picture of a bend in a high-surface area polyester fiber with a seven-lobed cross section A drop of water on a water resistant polyester Polyesters can contain one ester linkage per repeat unit of the polymer, as in polyhydroxyalkanoates like polylactic acid , or they may have two ester ...
John Rex Whinfield CBE (16 February 1901 in Sutton, Surrey, England – 6 July 1966 in Dorking, Surrey) [1] [2] was a British chemist. Together with James Tennant Dickson, Whinfield investigated polyesters and produced and patented the first polyester fibre in 1941, which they named Terylene (also known as Dacron) equal to or surpassing nylon in toughness and resilience. [1]
It was blown into the roof spaces of homes during the 1960s and 1970s, to provide thermal insulation. [2] [3] [4] The companies are also believed to have sold sacks of asbestos fibre direct to home owners to insulate their own homes, and other operators may have also used the hazardous material, trying to copy Jansen's business model. [4]
The South African Wool Board was constituted in 1946 [1] as an independent and non-profit making statutory board under the Wool Act (Act No 19 of 1946) in response to the rapid rise synthetic replacements for natural wool fibre. It was wound up in 1997.
A multi-family residential building under construction with rigid panel exterior insulating sheathing. Rigid panel insulation, also referred to as continuous insulation, [1] can be made from foam plastics such as polyurethane (PUR), polyisocyanurate (PIR), and polystyrene, or from fibrous materials such as fiberglass, rock and slag wool.