1976 Volume 4 Issue 4 Pages 137-148
Different aspects of the rheology of melt spinning are reviewed. These include (i) the behavior of molten polymer filaments during stretching at constant elongation rates, (ii) flow patterns in the entry region of spinnerets, (iii) die swell under applied tension, (iv) spinline dynamics and deformation, (v) crystallization and orientation development in the spinline.