Acetate, washed free of acids, being loaded for transportation to the dyers preparatory to becoming Acele acetate rayon at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company
Equipment for blending cellulose acetate, an important step in the manufacture of Acele acetate rayon at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company
Equipment for washing, prefabricating and filtering cellulose acetate, early processes in the manufacture of acetate at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
Equipment for washing cellulose acetate, one of the processes in the manufacture of acetate at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
Spinneret used in forming the filaments from an acetate liquid in the manifacture of acetate at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
Scene on the mixing floor where the solvent is mixed with cellulose acetate, a process to reduce the material to a solution for spinning into acetate at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
Beauty of acetate is emphasized by its luxurious feel and graceful draping quality. Made in wide variety of fabrics, the acetate textiles in this photograph include tricots, taffeta, facone and satin.
Aerial view of the Orlon acrylic fiber, acetate yarn and Lycra spandex fiber plants of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Waynesboro, Virginia. The Orlon unit was completed in 1958; Du Pont's acetate plant has been in operation in Waynesboro since...
Aerial view of the Orlon acrylic fiber, acetate yarn and Lycra spandex fiber plants of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Waynesboro, Virginia. The Orlon unit was completed in 1958; Du Pont's acetate plant has been in operation in Waynesboro since...
Cellulose acetate is the basic raw material for one type of safety base for photographic film made at DuPont's Parlin, New Jersey plant. The powder like material is made at another company at Waynesboro, Virginia ad shipped to the Parlin Photo...
One of the huge wheels on which base for DuPont cellulose acetate photographic film is formed at Parlin, New Jersey plant. The wheel shown here is in the shop for replating. In the casting house, liquid dope is flowed on the surface of the wheel....
Storage tanks for refined vinyl acetate, used in the manufacture of Butacite polyvinyl butyral resin at the Arlington, New Jersey plant is the plastic employed in automotive safety glass.
The catalytic reaction being observed by this DuPont scientist is part of the Electrochemicals Department's long range research program. One dramatic result of this type of research was a new process for making vinyl acetate, a polymer intermediate...
