Abstract: A spinning cell for dry spinning spandex by extruding filaments from a nonuniform array of spinneret capillary groups in a rectangular bar and contacting them with a cross-flow of hot, inert gas is provided.

Abstract: Polyester yarn having the desirable crimp properties of false-twist textured, heat-set yarn is produced from melt-spun and drawn bicomponent filaments wherein poly(ethylene terephthalate) of 12 to 15 relative viscosity is one component and a copolyester of 23 to 26 relative viscosity, preferably poly(ethylene/2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propylene terephthalate) containing about 90 mole percent ethylene terephthalate units, is the other component. The bicomponent filaments are annealed at constant length to crystallize the polyethylene terephthalate component, forwarded in a jetted stream of heated compressible fluid, impinged in a plasticized condition against a moving screen, cooled and then taken up from the screen. The process can be operated continuously at high speeds, e.g., windup speeds of 3,000 to 4,000 meters per minute.