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In this paper the influence of calender temperature on the crystallization behavior of polylactide (PLA) non-woven fabrics during their manufacturing by the spun-bonding technique is described. Non-woven samples were studied by wide-angle X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry and birefringence. In addition, physical–mechanical properties of the non-woven fabrics were determined. The results are discussed in terms of structural changes of PLA and meso-phase content during the calendering process in the temperature range 70–130℃. The rebuilding of the supermolecular structure of the investigated samples of PLA fabrics under the influence of increasing calender temperature is observed in terms of the disorder-to-order phase transition (ά to α form) during heating around 110℃, and increased degree of crystallinity up to 100℃. The presented structural rebuild of PLA explains observed changes of physical–mechanical properties of the non-woven fabrics obtained at different calendering temperatures. During calendering above 100℃, thermal degradation of PLA occurs at the point of contact between the non-woven fabrics and the calender rollers.

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polylactide spun-bonded technology crystallization X-ray diffraction

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Influence of the calender temperature on the crystallization behaviors of polylactide spun-bonded non-woven fabrics

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