Abstract: Described is a ribbon yarn made of multifilament yarns based on polyamide and/or polyester, wherein not more than 5 filaments overlie one another within the ribbon yarn, wherein the ribbon yarn is fixed by the formation of a matrix comprising one or more fixing agents, wherein the one or more fixing agents are selected from a group consisting of copolyamides, copolyesters, silicones, and mixtures or blends thereof.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for fabricating a ribbon yarn, the method including: spreading the yarn such that not more than five filaments are lying over one another, fixing the yarn by forming a matrix of one or more fixatives, winding the fixed yarn, wherein the fixative or fixatives are selected from a group consisting of copolyamides, copolyesters and silicones and also mixtures or blends thereof. Also described is the ribbon yarn and the application of the ribbon yarns for airbag fabrics, as a tire reinforcement and in textile construction.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for fabricating a ribbon yarn, the method including: spreading the yarn such that not more than five filaments are lying over one another, fixing the yarn by forming a matrix of one or more fixatives, winding the fixed yarn, wherein the fixative or fixatives are selected from a group consisting of copolyamides, copolyesters and silicones and also mixtures or blends thereof. Also described is the ribbon yarn and the application of the ribbon yarns for airbag fabrics, as a tire reinforcement and in textile construction.

Abstract: HMLS filaments consisting of a polyester, from 0.1 to 2.5% by weight of an incompatible, thermoplastic, amorphous, polymeric additive having a glass transition temperature of from 90 to 170° C. and a ratio of its melt viscosity to that of the polyester component of from 1:1 to 7:1, and from 0 to 5.0% by weight of conventional additives, where the polymeric additive is present in the filaments in the form of fibrils having a mean diameter of ≦80 nm. Process for the production of these HMLS filaments by static mixing with shearing of the polyester and of the polymeric additive and, optionally, of the additives, spinning of the mixture at a spinning take-off speed of from 2500 to 4000 m/min to give spun filaments which are stretched, heat-set and wound up, where the concentration of the polymeric additive is determined as a function of the pre-specified spinning take-off speed and the desired birefringence of the spun filaments.

Abstract: High strength polyester fibers comprising from 0.1 to 2.0 by weight of an incompatible, thermoplastic amorphous, polymeric additive.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method of processing polymer blends based on polyester or polyamide with a draw-off speed of .gtoreq.1500 m/min to produce filaments with an elongation at break of .ltoreq.180%, where a second amorphous polymer is added to the polyester or polyamide in the amount of 0.05 to 5 wt % and the polymer is a copolymer composed of at least two of the following monomer units:0 to 90 wt % A, wherein A is a monomer of formula CH.sub.2 .dbd.C(R)--COOR.sup.1, wherein R is --H or --CH.sub.3 and R.sup.1 is straight or branched chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl or cyclohexyl.0 to 40 wt % B, wherein B is a monomer of maleic acid or maleic anhydride, and5 to 85 wt % C, wherein C is a monomer of styrene or methyl substituted styrene such that (wt % A+wt % B+wt % C)=100, and these filaments are processed by a drawing process or a stretch texturing process at high speeds. Preferably R.sup.1 is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl, 2-ethyl-butyl, 2-ethyl hexyl, n-hexyl, n-heptyl, or cyclohexyl.

Abstract: Process for the production of preoriented filaments from polyester-based polymer mixtures by spinning the polymer mixtures with a draw-off speed v of at least 2500 m/min, a second amorphous, thermoplastically processable copolymer having a glass transition temperature of more than 100.degree. C. being added to the polyester, wherein the ratio of the melt viscosity of the copolymer to the melt viscosity of the polyester is 1:1 to 10:1, in that the amount of copolymer added to the polyester is at least 0.05 wt.