Understanding process inputs for the production of Nylon-6

费尔斯通纺织品公司是普利司通加拿大公司(“费尔斯通纺织品”)的一个部门，生产和销售尼龙-6，有树脂和纱线两种形式出售。他们产品的主要用途之一是机织尼龙-6织物，这种织物被广泛用于提高轮胎的强度和耐用性。凡士通纺织希望重新定义在其伍德斯托克工厂生产尼龙-6所用的生产(即聚合)工艺，以提高效率并使产品线多样化。这项由Engage Grant资助的研究将旨在更好地了解各种工艺输入如何影响最终产品性能，并开发满足最终产品规格的理想输入设定点。凡士通纺织公司将利用这些信息来提高效率，以达到使其产品在轮胎行业更具竞争力的预期效果，并利用此次研究伙伴关系发现的理想输入设定点，开发基于他们生产的尼龙-6的新产品。

Firestone Textiles Company, a division of Bridgestone Canada Inc. ("Firestone Textiles") manufactures and sells the product: Nylon-6, sold in both resin and yarn form. One of the primary uses of their products are woven Nylon-6 fabrics, which are used widely to enhance the strength and durability of tires. Firestone Textiles would like to redefine the production (i.e., polymerization) process used to produce Nylon-6 in their Woodstock, ON plant in order to improve efficiency and diversify product lines. The research funded by this Engage Grant will be directed at better understanding how various process inputs effect final product performance and developing ideal input set points to meet final product specifications. This information will be used by Firestone Textiles to improve efficiency with the intended effect of making their products more competitive within the tire industry and to develop new products based on the Nylon-6 they produce using the ideal input setpoints discovered as a result of this research partnership.