| Section | Title |
| 1. | Introduction |
| 2. | Theory and Mechanisms of Fiber Production |
| 2.1. | Spinning |
| 2.1.1. | General Description |
| 2.1.2. | Theory and Mechanism of Spinning |
| 2.1.2.1. | Spinnability of Fluids |
| 2.1.2.2. | Flow Processes in Spinning |
| 2.1.3. | Melt Spinning |
| 2.1.4. | Solution Spinning |
| 2.1.4.1. | Dry Spinning |
| 2.1.4.2. | Wet Spinning |
| 2.2. | Drawing |
| 2.2.1. | Elongation Properties of As-Spun Yarns |
| 2.2.2. | Mechanism of Cold Drawing |
| 2.2.3. | The Drawing Process |
| 2.2.4. | Draw Ratio and Tensile Strength |
| 2.2.5. | Ultrahigh-Strength Synthetic Yarns |
| 2.3. | Crimping |
| 2.3.1. | General Description |
| 2.3.2. | Crimping Processes |
| 2.3.2.1. | Spontaneous Crimping |
| 2.3.2.2. | Deformation Crimping |
| 2.3.2.3. | Bicomponent Crimping |
| 2.3.3. | Crimping of Staple Fibers and Filament Yarns |
| 2.4. | Heat-Setting |
| 2.4.1. | Purpose |
| 2.4.2. | Mechanism |
| 2.4.3. | Shape Retention and Molecular Memory |
| 3. | Manufacture of Filament Yarns |
| 3.1. | Melt Spinning of Filament Yarns |
| 3.1.1. | Conventional Spinning |
| 3.1.2. | High-Speed Spinning |
| 3.1.3. | Superhigh-Speed Spinning |
| 3.1.4. | Draw Twisting and Draw Winding |
| 3.1.5. | Warp Drawing |
| 3.1.6. | Draw Warping |
| 3.1.7. | Spin Drawing |
| 3.2. | Solution Spinning of Filament Yarns |
| 3.2.1. | Dry Spinning |
| 3.2.2. | Wet Spinning |
| 3.3. | Texturing of Filament Yarns |
| 3.3.1. | Development of Texturing Processes |
| 3.3.2. | False-Twist Texturing |
| 3.3.3. | Air-Jet Texturing |
| 3.3.4. | Stuffer Box Texturing |
| 3.3.5. | Bistructural Texturing |
| 4. | Manufacture of Tow and Staple Fibers |
| 4.1. | Fiber Spinning |
| 4.1.1. | Melt Spinning |
| 4.1.1.1. | Conventional Process |
| 4.1.1.2. | Compact Process |
| 4.1.1.3. | Continuous One-Step Process |
| 4.1.2. | Wet Spinning |
| 4.1.3. | Dry Spinning |
| 4.2. | Posttreatment of Tow and Staple Fibers |
| 4.2.1. | Drawing of Tow |
| 4.2.2. | Washing and Finishing |
| 4.2.3. | Drying and Heat-Setting |
| 4.2.4. | Crimping |
| 4.2.5. | Cutting |
| 4.2.6. | Packaging |
| 5. | Manufacture of Monofilaments |
| 6. | Process Technologies for Spunbonded Nonwovens |
| 7. | Economic Aspects |
| 8. | References |