Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber of the Lyocell type which has a titer of from 0.8 dtex to 3.3 dtex and is characterized by the following relationships: Höller factor F2?1, preferably ?2 Höller factor F1??0.6 Höller factor F2?6 and Höller factor F2 minus 4.5*Höller factor F1?1, preferably ?3. The fiber according to the invention displays a specific combination of properties with regard to the Höller factors, the flexibility and the abrasion resistance within a planar assembly. Hence, the fiber shows a behavior more similar to viscose and can be processed in the textile chain according to viscose standard methods.

Abstract: A sheet material for extraction with excellent transparency and extraction properties, is less likely to cause powder leakage, and has high modulus and excellent machine adaptability; an extraction filter; and an extraction bag. The sheet material having a first layer of a spunbonded nonwoven fabric formed from polyester-based fibers having an average diameter of 18 to 28 ?m, the fabric having a basis weight of 8 to 19 g/m2; and a second layer of a meltblown nonwoven fabric formed from polyester-based fibers having an average diameter of 16 to 28 ?m, the fabric having a basis weight of 2 to 8 g/m2, wherein the sum of the lengths of all fibers included in 1 cm2 of the sheet material for extraction is 3.3 to 4.8 m, and the 3% modulus is 5.5 N or higher; and an extraction filter and an extraction bag formed by this sheet material for extraction.

Abstract: An item may include fabric or other materials formed from intertwined strands of material. The item may include circuitry that produces signals. The strands of material may include non-conductive strands and conductive strands. The conductive strands may carry the signals produced by the circuitry. Each conductive strand may have a strand core, a conductive coating on the strand core, and an insulating layer on the conductive coating. The strand cores may be strands formed from polymer. The conductive coating may be formed from metal. Electrical connections may be made between intertwined conductive strands by selectively removing portions of the outer insulating layer to expose the conductive cores of overlapping conductive strands. A conductive material such as solder or conductive epoxy may be applied to the exposed portions of the conductive cores to electrically and mechanically connect the overlapping conductive strands.

Abstract: A bandroll for a waistband for a garment, the bandroll having an absorption layer and a wicking layer. The wicking layer controls stretch properties of the absorption layer. The waistband comprises a second material and wherein a shrinkage of a material substrate of the bandroll substantially matches a shrinkage of the second material.

Abstract: A nonwoven comprising a pattern of thermal bonds with anti-fuzz properties according to at least three and preferably all four of the following conditions: a) the pattern comprises thermal bonds disposed in parallel rows having a pitch angle (P) of from 0.5° to 15° relative to the machine direction or the cross-machine direction; and/or b) the bonding area of all the thermal bonds ranges from 17% to 30% of the area of the nonwoven, and/or c) the pattern comprises larger bonds and smaller bonds having different individual area, and/or d) the pattern comprises elongated bonds having different major directions.

Abstract: The invention relates to stabilized luminophores and in particular to the use thereof in and on textile goods.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes cellulosic fiber barrier layer having a hydrophobic sizing to cause the barrier layer to exhibit hydrophobic properties. For example, the present cellulosic fiber barrier layers can be configured to have a high hydrostatic head (e.g., more than 200 mm H2O) while retaining a high air permeability (e.g., 0.5 ft3/min-ft2). The present disclosure also includes laminates (e.g., a breathable backsheet assembly) including one of the present cellulosic fiber barrier layers and a nonwoven support layer positioned beneath and coupled (e.g., bonded) to the barrier layer, such that the laminate is configured to exhibit desirable liquid-barrier performance (e.g., pinhole-free performance at 400 mm H2O for 10 minutes, and/or the like). The present disclosure also includes disposable absorbent garments including at least one of the present cellulosic fiber layers and laminates (e.g., including one of the present laminates as a backsheet for the disposable absorbent garment).

Abstract: A composite forming fabric for a papermaking machine woven according to a repeating fabric weave pattern is provided. The fabric includes a paper side (PS) layer having a PS surface, with the PS layer including PS warps and PS wefts interwoven in a first repeating pattern, and a machine side (MS) layer having a MS surface, with the MS layer including interwoven MS warps and MS wefts. A plurality of pairs of binder weft yarns each including first and second binder weft yarns that are interwoven with the PS warps and the MS warps to bind the PS and MS layers together in the composite forming fabric. In each pattern repeat of the fabric weave pattern at least three of the MS warps pass under each MS weft, where said at least three of the MS warps are co-located adjacent to one another with a further one of the MS warps separating a first of the at least three warps from the others of said at least three warps, and each of the MS warps interlaces with at least two non-adjacent ones of the MS wefts.

Abstract: A composite panel comprising a first composite skin having a first fabric layer positioned between a first Kraft paper layer and a second Kraft paper layer; a second composite skin having a second fabric layer positioned between a third Kraft paper layer and a fourth Kraft paper layer; a foam core bonded to the first composite skin and to the second composite skin; and a binding composition applied to the first fabric layer and to the second fabric layer and penetrating the second Kraft paper layer and the third Kraft paper layer so that the first composite skin is bonded to a first surface of the foam core and the second composite skin is bonded to a second surface of the foam core, the binding composition being a bio resin.

Abstract: According to exemplary inventive practice, ceramic powder or slurry is selectively deposited at many discrete locations on each of many fiberglass fabric substrates. The sizes and/or shapes of the ceramic deposits vary among the substrates. The substrates are selectively ordered and stacked so that perpendicular through-plane alignments of respective ceramic deposits form selected three-dimensional geometric shapes. The resultant stack of substrates, characterized by many three-dimensional ceramic inclusions, is impregnated with an elastomer or an epoxy that binds the ceramic-deposited substrates together, resulting in a finished composite product. Inventive composite structures can be multifariously designed and embodied to afford selected ballistic and/or structural and/or electromagnetic qualities.

Abstract: A surface shape variable device which comprises a board-like member comprising a plurality of strip elements capable of being elastically morphed which extend in parallel along a plane; and morphing control devises which elastically morph the strip elements due to buckling and the like toward a direction traversing the plane by applying stress to at least a part of the strip elements, wherein the strip elements are woven into a woven fabric-like state and extend intersecting with each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a preform made of reinforcement fibers woven in a longitudinal direction. The preform is impregnated with resin in order to form an elongated element having a variable transverse cross-section. In one form, the method includes the step of simultaneously including a reduction (or increase) in width and an increase (or reduction) in height. The variable cross-section includes, along the length thereof, a consistent number (c) of continuous warp threads arranged in layers. The method for reducing width includes carrying out a change in weave, adding additional weft threads, and simultaneously drawing the teeth of the longitudinal beater reed closer together so as to increase the number of layers.

Abstract: A method of using a sterilization wrap system including a permeable material having barrier properties and having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the exterior panel being substantially opaque or having a first level of translucence, and an interior panel including a permeable material having barrier properties and having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the interior panel having a level of translucence that is higher than the translucence of the exterior panel, the panels being joined together over at least a portion of their surfaces. Also disclosed is inspection of the sterilization wrap system for exterior panel breaches by looking for light passing through a panel facing the viewer.

Abstract: A method of using a sterilization wrap system including a permeable material having barrier properties and having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the exterior panel being substantially opaque or having a first level of translucence, and an interior panel including a permeable material having barrier properties and having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the interior panel having a level of translucence that is higher than the translucence of the exterior panel, the panels being joined together over at least a portion of their surfaces. Also disclosed is inspection of the sterilization wrap system for exterior panel breaches by looking for light passing through a panel facing the viewer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a plant fiber textile, a laminate with the plant fiber textile and a fabricating method of the laminate. The plant fiber textile has a matrix resin and continuous plant fibers distributed within the matrix resin. The plant fibers are subjected to a surface modification pretreatment including a coupling treatment with a coupling agent and/or a fire retardation treatment with a fire retardant. The laminate has a stack structure including a layer of the plant fiber textile and at least one layer selected from a group consisting of following layers: glass fiber, aramid fiber or carbon fiber non-woven cloth or textile, preferably distributed within the matrix resin; polymer fiber non-woven cloth or textile, preferably distributed within the matrix resin; or polymer foam or rubber material.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a radius filler. A lattice is formed of connecting elongate members having a three-dimensional shape of the radius filler. A resin is placed within the lattice.

Abstract: A nonwoven extending in a machine direction and a perpendicular cross-machine direction and having fibers bonded by a pattern of thermal bonds. The thermal bonds comprise larger bonds having an individual area of at least 1.0 mm2, in particular at least 1.5 mm2; and smaller bonds having an individual area of less than 1.0 mm2, in particular from about 0.10 mm2 to about 1.0 mm2. There are at least as many smaller bonds as larger bonds, the ratio of the number of smaller bonds may be in particular about two.

Abstract: Multi-layer anti-fog compositions comprising an anti-fog layer and a protective layer. The anti-fog layer comprises cellulose acetate and a plasticizer and has opposing major planar surfaces. The protective layer has opposing major planar surfaces that are oriented substantially coplanar, at least in part, to the anti-fog layer that forms a multi-layered structure. The multi-layer anti-fog compositions further comprise one or more connectors, and at least one of the connectors extends through the multi-layered structure.

Abstract: A surface-treated polymer film is disclosed. The film has a polymer substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a primer applied to the first surface of the substrate. The primer is a cross-linked acrylic polymer or other suitable polymer. A method of insulating a surface with an insulation material constructed from the surface-treated polymer is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer laid scrim (10, 15) for sheet-like or 3-dimensional high-strength components, consisting of a structure made of a multiplicity of plies of multilayer laid scrim for sheet-like or 3-dimensional high-strength components, consisting of a structure made of a multiplicity of plies made of glass fibres, synthetic fibres, aramid fibres and/or carbon fibres. In order to prevent fan-out of the individual fibres or filaments of the multilayer laid scrim used, it is provided according to the invention that in certain regions structural reinforcement elements (11, 16) are embedded at least into one ply, and/or between at least two plies, of the multilayer laid scrim. Said embedding here can take place over an entire area or else only in the regions which are exposed to a subsequent deformation. The structural reinforcement elements (11, 16) help to generate greater coherence between the individual fibres of the laid scrims, thus preventing fan-out, for example in the edge region.