After the polymer formation, the molten nylon was extruded from the bottom of the autoclave as
a ribbon. It was cooled to a solid with a water spray, then cut into chips.
Producing the nylon ribbon
Casting polymer from 250-pound autoclave, pilot plant
Carl Searles, Gene Herlihy, Harry Rash, C. F. Wells
late 1938
Gift of Joe Labovsky
