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- Title
- Cutting machine and pneumatic equipment for handling cut staple for rayon
- Date(s)
- 1920/1929, 1920, 1929
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
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Cutting machine and pneumatic equipment for handling cut staple in the manufacture of Acele acetate rayon staple at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1081
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Seaford, Delaware nylon production plant
- Date(s)
- 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1173
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Seaford, Delaware nylon production plant
- Date(s)
- 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1177
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Reeling machine at DuPont rayon plant
- Date(s)
- 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Reeling machine at the Acele acetate rayon plant of E.I. de Pont Nemours & Company at Waynesboro, Virginia
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_932
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Storage tanks for adiponitrile, a nylon intermediate
- Date(s)
- 1949
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
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Picture above is a section of the adiponitrile storage area at the Niagara Falls plant of DuPont's Electrochemicals Department. During the manufacture of this nylon intermediate, furan, tetrahydrofuran and 1,4 dichlorobutane are produced. These chemicals are available in limited quantities and are finding use as chemical intermediates and solvents. Tetrahydrofuran is an extremely effective solvent for high molecular weight polyvinyl chloride resin.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1232
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Sieving reversed bristles during manufacture of toothbrushes
- Date(s)
- 1937
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Sieving removes reversed bristles- scene at the Leominster Massachusetts plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company where toothbrushes are manufactured.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1239
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Nylon production at Belle Works in West Virginia
- Date(s)
- 1952-10-01
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Nylon intermediates are made at the Belle Plant
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1229
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Seaford, Delaware nylon production plant
- Date(s)
- 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1174
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Production of nylon
- Date(s)
- 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Production of nylon is a complex art requiring super cleanliness and rigid control of temperatures and pressures. In the manufacture of yarn at the textile fiber plants, the nylon salt solution is first piped into evaporators where much of the solvent is removed to form a more concentrated solution. This flows into an autoclave-like a giant pressure cooker-where small molecules link up to form long chain-like molecules. When this is completed, the nylon is a molten syrupy material. It flows...
Show moreProduction of nylon is a complex art requiring super cleanliness and rigid control of temperatures and pressures. In the manufacture of yarn at the textile fiber plants, the nylon salt solution is first piped into evaporators where much of the solvent is removed to form a more concentrated solution. This flows into an autoclave-like a giant pressure cooker-where small molecules link up to form long chain-like molecules. When this is completed, the nylon is a molten syrupy material. It flows from a slot in the bottom of the autoclave onto the surface of a broad, slowly revolving casting wheel. A shower of water hardens the polymer into a translucent milk white ribbon, which is then chipped up into small flakes. The nylon chips from several autoclaves are blended and poured into hoppers. Grids melt the flakes and a carefully designed pump forces the viscous molten nylon through the fine holes of a spinneret to form the yarn filaments, which solidify as they hit the air. The DuPont Company makes the yarn but does not manufacture fabrics, hosiery or other finished products from nylon. It sells the yarn to other companies which transform it into the competed consumer products.
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- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1169
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Seaford, Delaware nylon production plant
- Date(s)
- 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1178
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Washing and blending rayon at DuPont rayon plant
- Date(s)
- 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Skeins of rayon being put on a washing and lending machine at Virginia rayon plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_961
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- DuPont Nylon Plant at Seaford, Delaware
- Date(s)
- 1941
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1153
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Early experimental nylon spinning machine
- Date(s)
- 1920/1929, 1920, 1929
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1152
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Scene on the mixing floor during production of Acele acetate rayon
- Date(s)
- 1950
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Scene on the mixing floor where the solvent is mixed with cellulose acetate, a process to reduce the material to a solution for spinning into 'Acele' acetate rayon at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Published in DuPont Magazine, February-March 1950
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_41714_b16f9_00022
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- The Making of Carpet Fiber
- Date(s)
- 1991
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (spn)
- Description
-
"From chemicals to yarn." An in-depth look at the creation of superpolymer Type 66 Nylon, a synthetic fiber made for use in commercial carpets. Details how scientists manipulate specific compounds and apply heat and pressure to create the fiber, and why it's strong enough to withstand a large amount of wear and tear. Released by The Learning Center, DuPont Flooring Systems.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
- Hagley ID
- VID_1995300_B23_ID02
- Collection
- DuPont Company films and commercials
- Title
- Sizing or putting a protective coating on nylon yarn in DuPont plant at Seaford, Delaware
- Date(s)
- 1953-06-15
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
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The yarn is wound from one package to another; passing over a substance which gives it added protection during textile manufacturing operations. The size is subsequently removed from the finished products.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1180
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Trimming the bristles during manufacture of toothbrushes
- Date(s)
- 1937
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
A mechanical barber trims the bristles of the toothbrush to the required shape at the Leominster, Massachusetts plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company where toothbrushes are manufactured. Eight whirling knives make contact with as many brushes at the same time.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1240
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Interview with Gerard Bérchet, 1 August 1978 [audio]
- Date(s)
- 1978-08-01
- Description
-
Gerard Bérchet talks about Wallace Carothers with Cookie Strange. He discusses Nylon and its various versions, including 66 and 6, 10, as well as other projects that he and Carothers were involved with at DuPont's Experimental Station.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers (Accession 1994.311)
- Hagley ID
- AUD_1994311_B01_ID05
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers
- Title
- Seaford, Delaware nylon production plant
- Date(s)
- 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1171
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Separation of bristles in manufacture of toothbrushes
- Date(s)
- 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
A step in the manufacture of toothbrushes at the Leominster Massachusetts plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company. Bristles are shown here being separated according to length.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1243
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Interview with Crawford Greenewalt [transcript]
- Date(s)
- 1978
- Description
-
Transcript of a conversation about Wallace Carothers between Crawford Greenewalt and Cookie Strange. Greenewalt discusses Carothers's personality, professional successes, depression, and marriage to Helen Sweetman. He also mentions Carother's affair with "The Dame" Silvia Moore.
- Collection ID
- Carothers Oral History Project (Accession 1985)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_1985_01_01_06
- Collection
- Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers
- Title
- Mixing operations room in rayon plant
- Date(s)
- 1920/1929, 1920, 1929
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
View of typical room where mixing operations are conducted in the rayon plants of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1080
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Edward Burke operating cut-off machine for tapered nylon bristles
- Date(s)
- 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Edward Burke, technical assistant in Arlington semi-works development, operates one of the Plastics Department's first cut-off machines for tapered nylon bristles. He started at Arlington in 1912 and has worked on development of products for the past 15 years. He worked with Dr. Ben Fields, who developed the tapered bristle.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1248
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Toothbrush manufacture at the Leominster, Massachusetts plant
- Date(s)
- 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Maneuvering with military precision, this ingenious machine drills the holes in the handles of the toothbrushes inserts the bristles and anchors them securely in a continuous automatic operation. This is a scene in the Leominster, Massachusetts plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1200
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Seaford, Delaware nylon production plant
- Date(s)
- 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1172
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection