1. The quality of CF, their strength and modulus of elasticity in particular, can be increased by the following methods: reducing the porosity of the initial PAN fibres by selecting the optimum conditions for spinning, plasticization drawing, finishing, and drying; decreasing the nonuniformity of the fibre diameter due to suppression of deformation resonance during spinning by selecting the jet formation and hardening conditions; decreasing the fibril and crystallite size by reducing the precipitator and solvent concentration gradient in the precipitation zone (spinning into mild baths); creating optimum conditions for mesophase self-ordering of the material at 450-550°C during precarbonization; increasing the cohesive energy by increasing the density to 1.8-2.1 g/cm 3 . 2. Replacing convective tempering of PAN twists in thermooxidative treatment by conductive tempering reduces the treatment time by 3-4 times.Carbon fibres (CF) made from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) copolymers are the most widely used CF. This type of fibre has a set of properties (high strength and modulus of elasticity, dimensional stability, resistance to corrosion, low density) that predetermined their use in high-tech industries such as rocket-space, aviation and atomic, ship building, and production of high-quality sporting goods. However, the production volumes of these fibres is still comparatively small, 12-15,000 tons a year, which is due to imperfect technology and equipment that do not ensure the required level of quality indexes, production economy, and respect of environmental requirements. Some scientific premises and technical solutions on improving PAN CF manufacturing technology are examined below.As for the quality indexes, together with the CF manufacturing technology, many investigators [1] believe that the properties of the initial PAN fibre, particularly its defectiveness, degree of orientation, and microfibril structure are of determining importance here.Of the large number of defects characteristic of wet-spun PAN fibres, we distinguish the two that most strongly affect the quality of CF: porosity and nonuniformity of the filament diameter. The negative effect of porosity on the quality of CF is manifested in two ways. First, since the features of the structure of the initial PAN fibre are preserved in the structure of the CF, the porosity is also preserved, causing nonuniformity of internal stresses and brittleness in the CF. The second negative mechanism of the effect of porosity is the decrease in the thermal stability of PAN fibre, i.e., the lower value of the maximum attainable limiting temperature of thermal decomposition of the polymer. Pores serve as nuclei or centers of the onset of thermolysis of PAN fibre and do not allow attaining the temperature of 500-550°C in rapid heating required for mesophase rearrangement of the structure of the oxidized fibre during carbonization without intensive decomposition [2].The appearance of pores in PAN fibre is predetermined by the nature of wet spinning, where the volume of solve...