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Filament yarn is continuous in length. By forcing liquid or semi-liquid polymers through small holes, a single-or multiple-filament yarn is created. Filament yarns can be grouped into bundles, and cut into desired staple lengths. Silk is the only natural filament yarn.

Wet Spinning	Dry Spinning	Melt Spinning
Polymers are dissolved in a solvent and extruded directly into a liquid bath	Polymers are dissolved in a volatile solvent that evaporates when extruded	Polymer granules are melted and then extruded through the spin head
Viscose rayon, acrylic, aramid, spandex	Acetate, acrylic	Polyester, Nylon
Low investment cost	High Investment cost	Low investment cost
Small amount of yarn production	Small amount of yarn production	Larger amounts of of yarn production
Toxic production process	Toxic production process, risk of explosion	Non-toxic production process
Slow production rate	Fast Production rate	Fastest production rate