Understanding process inputs for the production of Nylon-6

凡士通纺织品公司，普利司通加拿大公司的一个部门。（“凡士通纺织品”）生产和销售的产品：尼龙6，在树脂和纱线的形式出售。其产品的主要用途之一是编织尼龙-6织物，广泛用于提高轮胎的强度和耐用性。凡士通纺织品希望重新定义生产（即，聚合）工艺，用于在其Woodstock，ON工厂生产尼龙-6，以提高效率并使产品线多样化。由该Engage Grant资助的研究将旨在更好地了解各种过程输入如何影响最终产品性能，并开发理想的输入设定点以满足最终产品规格。这些信息将被凡士通纺织品公司用于提高效率，从而使其产品在轮胎行业中更具竞争力，并开发基于尼龙6的新产品，这些新产品使用作为研究伙伴关系的结果而发现的理想输入设定点生产。

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.