Crystallization of running filament in melt spinning of polypropylene

The crystallization kinetics of the running filament in melt spinning have been studied for three cases: isothermal crystallization of an isotropic melt, non-isothermal crystallization of an isotropic melt, and non-isothermal crystallization of a non-isotropic melt. Both the temperature and the orientation dependences of nucleation rate and growth rate are estimated for polypropylene. Calculated curves for non-isothermal crystallization of a non-isotropic melt with partial high orientation closely approximate the experimental data. In particular, the experimental data are best explained by crystallization with two-dimensional growth. The crystallization processes in melt spinning may be governed by localized molecular orientation of the supercooled melt in the initial stage.