Predicting the properties and identifying the drawing process parameters for nylon 6 fibres

Better control and understanding of synthetic fiber processing are essential requirements for obtaining a desired range of mechanical and physical properties. In this regard, thestatistical approach is well suited to the development of synthetic fiber process technology, efficiently leading to more reliable and accurate results on a small number of experiments [1]. Although a considerable amount of work has been conducted in the field of nylon 6 drawing process [2,3], there is a lack of literature about using a thorough statistical approach to optimize the process and achieve specific targets.The present study was performed to find a suitable approximating function in order to predict and determine the future response and to investigate the operating conditions in a region for the factors at a certain operating specification.