GB2594861A - Electrospinning apparatus and method for forming aligned fibres - Google Patents
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- D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
- D01D—MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
- D01D5/00—Formation of filaments, threads, or the like
- D01D5/0007—Electro-spinning
- D01D5/0061—Electro-spinning characterised by the electro-spinning apparatus
- D01D5/0076—Electro-spinning characterised by the electro-spinning apparatus characterised by the collecting device, e.g. drum, wheel, endless belt, plate or grid
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
- D01D—MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
- D01D5/00—Formation of filaments, threads, or the like
- D01D5/0007—Electro-spinning
- D01D5/0061—Electro-spinning characterised by the electro-spinning apparatus
- D01D5/0092—Electro-spinning characterised by the electro-spinning apparatus characterised by the electrical field, e.g. combined with a magnetic fields, using biased or alternating fields
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Abstract
A spinning apparatus (1) for forming aligned fibres, the apparatus (1) comprises a nozzle (12) for ejecting material (P) for forming fibres from a tip thereof, an electrode (14A, 14B), a substrate (S) for receiving fibres (NF) thereon, and first and second electrically insulating members(15A, 15B), wherein the tip of the nozzle (12) is located between the first and the second electrically insulating members(15A, 15B).
Claims (24)
1. A spinning apparatus for forming aligned fibres, the apparatus comprising a nozzle for ejecting material for forming fibres from a tip thereof, an electrode, a substrate for receiving fibres thereon, and first and second electrically insulating members, wherein the tip of the nozzle is located between the first and the second electrically insulating members.
2. A spinning apparatus according to Claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises or is formed from an electrically insulative material.
3. A spinning apparatus for forming aligned fibres, the apparatus comprising a nozzle for ejecting material for forming fibres from a tip thereof, an electrode, a substrate for receiving fibres thereon, and first and second electrically insulating members, wherein the substrate comprises an electrically insulative material.
4. A spinning apparatus according to Claim 3, wherein the tip of the nozzle is located between the first and the second electrically insulating members.
5. A spinning apparatus according to any preceding Claim, wherein the substrate extends between the first and second electrically insulative member.
6. A spinning apparatus according to any preceding Claim, wherein the first electrically insulating member and the second electrically insulating member are integrally formed or wherein the first electrically insulating member and the second electrically insulating member are separate, distinct components.
7. A spinning apparatus according to any preceding Claim, wherein each of the first electrically insulating member and second electrically insulating comprise a first, e.g. lower, portion and a second, e.g. upper, portion, the first portions of the first and second electrically insulating members are located adjacent or proximate the substrate, the second portions of each of the first and second electrically insulating members extend away from the respective first portions in a direction which is non parallel and non-perpendicular to the substrate.
8. A spinning apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein the angle created between each of the first and second electrically insulating members with the plane of the substrate is between 25 to 55°, say 35 to 45°.
9. A spinning apparatus according to any preceding Claim, wherein the electrically insulating material is formed from, or comprises, a dielectric material, for example a material that has a dielectric constant of between 1.5 and 10, for example between 2 to 5, e.g. between 2.0 to 3.0.
10. A spinning apparatus according to any preceding Claim, wherein the first electrically insulating material and/or second electrically insulating material and/or the substrate is formed from or comprises polyurethane and/or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and/or glass.
11. A spinning apparatus according to any preceding Claim, wherein the at least one electrode is selected from a flat, grounded electrode, e.g. parallel to the substrate and a disc-shaped electrode, e.g. a rotatable disc-shaped electrode.
12. A spinning apparatus according to any of Claims 1 to 10, comprising a first and second grounded plate electrode, for example, in facing relations.
13. A spinning apparatus according to Claim 12, wherein each of the first and second electrically insulating members are located adjacent or proximate a respective one of the first and second grounded plate electrodes.
14. A spinning apparatus according to Claim 13, wherein the substrate extends between first and second grounded plate electrodes.
15. A spinning apparatus according to any preceding Claim, further comprising a feed reel comprising a length of substrate being located upstream of the at least one electrode, e.g. the feed reel being configured such that, in use, the feed reel supplies a length of substrate for receipt of fibres.
16. A spinning apparatus according to any preceding Claim, further comprising an exhaust or take-up reel being located downstream of the at least one electrode, e.g. the exhaust reel being configured such that, in use, the exhaust reel takes-up the substrate in receipt of fibres.
17. A spinning apparatus according to Claim 16, wherein the exhaust reel is configured to cause the substrate to run, in a running direction, through the spinning apparatus, e.g. from the feed reel and in between the first and second electrically insulating members.
18. A spinning apparatus according to any preceding Claim, further comprising at least one more spinning apparatus, e.g. two, three, four, or nth spinning apparatus, located in series for use with a single substrate.
19. A method of forming aligned nanofibers, the method comprising providing at least one electrode, locating a first and second electrically insulating member in facing relations, locating a substrate that extends between the first and second electrically insulating members, locating the tip of the nozzle between the first and the second electrically insulating members, applying an electric field between a nozzle and the at least one electrode and depositing aligned nanofibers on a substrate.
20. A method according to Claim 19, further comprising positioning the first and second electrically insulating members to be non-parallel and non-perpendicular to the plane of the substrate.
21. A method according to any of Claims 19 to 20, comprising moving the substrate with respect to the at least one electrode.
22. A method according to Claim 21 , wherein the method comprises translationally and/or rotationally moving the substrate, e.g. translationally moving the substrate along an x- and/or a z- axis and/or rotationally moving the substrate between 0 and 360-degrees.
23. A method of any of Claim 20 to 22, wherein the substrate is an endless belt.
24. A fibre mat fabricated using the apparatus of any of Claims 1 to 18, and/or a method of any of Claims 19 to 23.
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| GBGB1820411.5A GB201820411D0 (en) | 2018-12-14 | 2018-12-14 | Electrospinning |
| PCT/GB2019/053542 WO2020120985A1 (en) | 2018-12-14 | 2019-12-13 | Electrospinning apparatus and method for forming aligned fibres |
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| GB202110133D0 GB202110133D0 (en) | 2021-08-25 |
| GB2594861A true GB2594861A (en) | 2021-11-10 |
| GB2594861B GB2594861B (en) | 2023-05-17 |
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| GB (2) | GB201820411D0 (en) |
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