Process for dyeing wet-spun aromatic polyamides in gel form

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What we claim is: 1.
A process for the production of dyed filaments of aromatic polyamides which comprises continuously dyeing wet-spun gel filaments of an aromatic polyamide which is not modified with acid or basic groups before, during, or after stretching, in an aqueous bath containing at least one cationic or anionic water-soluble dye in dissolved form.
2.
The process of claim 1, wherein the wet-spun filaments are dyed before stretching.
3.
The process of claim 1, wherein the filaments are prestretched during dyeing in the aqueous dye bath.
4.
The process of claim 1, wherein said aqueous dye bath contains from 0.
01 to 5% by weight of dissolved dye.
5.
The process of claim 1, wherein said aqueous dye bath is at a temperature in the range of from 20.
degree.
to 100.
degree.
C.
6.
The process of claim 1, wherein said aqueous dye bath additionally contains from 1 to 40% by weight (based on the total weight of the bath) of a polar organic solvent.
7.
The process of claim 6, wherein said polar organic solvent is a member selected from the group consisting of acetamide, N-methyl pyrrolidone, dimethyl formamide and hexamethyl phosphoric acid tris-amide.
8.
The process of claim 1, wherein said aromatic polyamide is poly-m-phenylene isophthalamide.
9.
The process of claim 1 wherein the aromatic polyamide further contains heterocyclic groups.
10.
The process of claim 1, wherein said aromatic polyamide is a polyamide which is represented by the recurring units ##STR5##



Description:
This invention relates to a process for dyeing fully aromatic polyamides optionally containing heterocycles with cationic or anionic water-soluble dyes.
The process according to the invention essentially comprises wet-spinning solutions of fully aromatic polyamides optionally containing heterocycles by conventional methods and dyeing the filaments obtained before, during or after stretching.
in an aqueous bath containing a cationic or anionic dye.
The dyeing of wet-spun polyacrylonitrile polymers in "gel form" with water-soluble cationic dyes in an aqueous dye bath has been repeatedly described (U