This paper presents the analysis of a non-isothermal fibre-spinning process pertinent in some polymer industries. By formulating the problem as an optimal control problem, it is shown that by adjusting the ambient temperature and the draw ratio, any reasonable smooth fibre profile can be obtained. The numerical solutions to the optimal control problem are found to depend on a dimensionless heat-transfer coefficient. An effective optimal solution requires this coefficient to be at least 2.
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