BASF offers technical expertise for all spandex production steps
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Production steps
Raw materials
Prepoly- merization
BASF services
Quality control
Safe handling
Recipe development
Adjustment of reaction conditions
Chain extension
Prepolymer analysis
Quality control
Recipe development
Adjustment of reaction conditions
Spinning
Spandex solution analysis
Quality control
Viscosity development evaluation
Optimization of spinning parameters
Solvent recycling support
Yarn
Added Values
Quality control
Uniformity improvement
Improvement of mechanical properties
Support in eco-labeling efforts
Consultancy regarding safe product handling, toxicology and Responsible Care®
The highly elastic fibers made from BASF’s PolyTHF have demonstrated their value especially in direct contact with the body.
Around the world, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of high-class services for our PolyTHF customers: they are free to select exactly those services that meet their individual needs. Our experts examine our customer’s entire value chain, share their advanced concepts and expertise in order to help our customers to be more successful.
With BASF’s technical support our customers will benefit from:
Higher competitiveness
High quality products
Good processes
Less down times
Lower investment costs
Safer production
Improved worker's safety
Energy savings
Environmental support
In the new PolyTHF™ lab of BASF in Shanghai, BASF employees Chee Kean Tham (front left) and James Wang (right) test finished spandex fibers. Since these fibers consist of 80 percent PolyTHF, this BASF product essentially determines fiber properties.
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