Abstract: Crossbar for heald-carrying frames of weaving looms comprising a main element of the crossbar made, at least in part, of a light metallic material, such as aluminium, magnesium or alloys thereof; and a heald-carrying element made of a high-resistance material, such as steel. The heald-carrying element is steadily fastened to the main element of the crossbar by means of a lock joint, through plastic strain between a longitudinal rib projecting from the main element of the crossbar and a corresponding groove formed in the heald-carrying element.

Abstract: A through-air-drying (TAD) fabric for producing tissue paper and related products on a papermaking machine comprising a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of weft yarns to produce pockets on a paper-side surface of the fabric. The weft yarns have a substantially triangular cross-section and are oriented with their flat surface facing a machine side surface of the fabric. The points interlacing with the warp as they pass over and under the weft yarns produce an increased pocket depth and volume in the TAD fabric.

Abstract: Forming fabric that includes a top layer having a plurality of first top warp yarns woven with a plurality of top weft yarns. A bottom layer includes a plurality of first bottom warp yarns woven with a plurality of bottom weft yarns. A plurality of second top warp yarns is woven with some of the plurality of top weft yarns and with some of the plurality of bottom weft yarns. A plurality of second bottom warp yarns is woven with some of the plurality of top weft yarns and with some of the plurality of bottom weft yarns. At least one of the plurality of second top warp yarns weaves to the bottom layer with a short plain weave. At least one of the plurality of second bottom warp yarns weaves to the bottom layer with a short plain weave.

Abstract: A low profile fold protective textile sleeve for bundling elongate members has longitudinally and laterally interlaced monofilament warp and fill yarns. Flat profile monofilaments are employed in the warp direction and round monofilaments in the fill direction. The flat monofilaments are considerably wider than they are thick, and provide the sleeve with flexibility and bending out of the plane of the sleeve. The round monofilaments may be sized so that their diameter is about the same as the thickness of the flat monofilaments, and they can be bundled together so that the effective width of each bundle approximates the width of the flat monofilament yarns with which they are intertwined. The round monofilaments are heat-set along at least a portion of their length to provide biased living hinge regions of the sleeve, while also lending strength and stiffness to the sleeve along the fill direction.

Abstract: A vapor permeable retroreflective material for use on protective garments. The material may be formed in a non-continuous pattern that provides a high-level of retroreflective brightness, yet also provides adequate permeability to prevent exposure to trapped thermal energy and heated moisture. The non-continuous retroreflective pattern may include retroreflective regions and non-retroreflective regions arranged such that thermal decay through the protective garment is not substantially decreased in the regions corresponding to the retroreflective material. Rather, vapor permeation and thermal decay through the garment may be substantially the same as if the retroreflective material was not present.

Abstract: A stretchable strap includes a side containing regions woven with frictionally enhancing material. Warp threads of both frictionally enhancing and non-frictionally enhancing material are woven to form a two-layer strap. Internal elastomeric threads provide a connection between the two layers as well as allow the strap to stretch. A method of making the strap is also provided wherein all elements are simultaneously woven on a loom.

Abstract: Seam fabric for a machine for producing web material, in particular paper or paperboard, includes a basic structure constructed as seam cloth with weft threads running in a belt longitudinal direction and warp threads running in a belt transverse direction. At the belt longitudinal ends the weft threads form seam loops for joining the belt longitudinal ends. At least two weft thread layers are formed in the seam cloth, and weft thread pairs include respectively one weft thread of a first of the weft thread layers and one weft thread of a second of the weft thread layers. Two different types of groups of weft thread pairs are formed. In a first type of groups of weft thread pairs one respective weft thread of the first of the weft thread layers lies offset in a first direction in relation to the pair-wise assigned weft thread of the second of the weft thread layers.

Abstract: A device for driving a weaving frame in a weaving machine, comprising a drive with a motor (4) or a geared motor (4, 7), provided with a bearing (10) on its output shaft (9), with an eccentric-shaft (2) and with a driving rod (8), wherein the drive with motor (4) or geared motor (4, 7), with eccentric shaft (2) and with driving rod (8) is provided as a driving module (1) in which the eccentric shaft (2) is supported in an abutment (3) situated in the housing (5) of the driving module (1) on the side of the eccentric shaft (2) away from the motor (4) or the geared motor (4, 7). A weaving machine which is provided with one or several of the devices.

Abstract: A shaft transmission (3) for a weaving machine comprises a shaft arrangement (8) that supports, on one end, a crown wheel (10) in order to drive the shaft arrangement (8), which is supported by two bearing arrangements (12, 13), between which a package (28) comprising the cam disks (29-29i) is non-torsionally held on the shaft arrangement (8). The part (18) of the shaft arrangement (8), which supports the package (28), is connected with the remaining part (17) of the shaft arrangement (8) via a clutch arrangement (19), and is secured, in connected state, by a locking arrangement (41) that is actuated from one end of the shaft arrangement (8). For disassembly and replacement of the package (28), the connection can be released and the cam disk section (18) can be removed from the shaft transmission (3), while the drive section (17) remains in the shaft transmission (3).

Abstract: A method for the insertion of a weft thread into a shed of a rapier weaving machine is presented in which the weft thread (3) is taken up by a bringer rapier (10) and fixedly clamped in the same by means of a thread clamp, is inserted into the shed by means of the bringer rapier and is taken up by a taker rapier. In the said method the clamping force of the thread clamp in the bringer rapier is additionally controlled during the weft insertion in such a way that the clamping force (F0) during the take-up of the weft thread and/or during the transfer of the weft thread is reduced relative to the clamping force (F1) in the insertion phase lying therebetween.

Abstract: A woven belt for a machine for producing web material, in particular forming mesh, including at least two woven layers with warp threads extending in a belt longitudinal direction and weft threads extending in a belt transverse direction, wherein a first of the woven layers provides a web material contact side and a second of the woven layers provides a machine contact side and the woven layers are joined together by tie warp threads, wherein the first woven layer is woven with at least 26 different warp runs, the structure-forming warp threads woven into the first woven layer and the weft threads of the first woven layer having a maximum floating length of 3 in relation to each other, wherein, when the tie warp threads for providing structure-forming tie thread pairs are arranged in pairs relative to each other so that where a tie warp thread of a respective structure-forming tie warp thread pair is integrated into the first woven layer then the other tie warp thread of this structure-forming tie warp thread

Abstract: A screen for a vibratory separator includes a woven wire cloth extending in a substantially flat plane. The woven wire cloth has a plurality of warp wires and a plurality of weft wires. Each of the warp wires and each of the weft wires have a cross-section with a height extending substantially perpendicular to the plane of the woven wire cloth and a width extending substantially parallel to the plane of the woven wire cloth. The warp wires are arranged substantially parallel to each other and define openings in the woven wire cloth for the passage of material there through. The height of each of the warp wires is larger than the width thereof. The weft wires extend substantially perpendicular to the warp wires and are woven through the warp wires in groups at spaced intervals. The height of each of the weft wires is smaller than the width thereof.

Abstract: A preformed sheet is provided with at least two mono-layers, each mono-layer containing unidirectionally oriented fibers having a tensile strength of at least about 1.2 GPa and a tensile modulus of at least 40 GPa, and a binder, with a fiber direction in each mono-layer being rotated with respect to the fiber direction in an adjacent mono-layer. A separating film is provided on both outer surfaces, the separating film having a porosity of between 40 and 90%. Assemblies and articles with such preformed sheet offer a substantially higher ballistic protection level at a certain weight. An assembly of at least two such sheets and a flexible ballistic-resistant article which includes such an assembly are also provided.

Abstract: In combination with a high-speed spun-bond apparatus, rather than using a circulating sieve belt for collecting the stretched filaments and forming the web, a fabric having a 4-shed double layer with support shute weave design is used. This fabric is commonly referred to as a 4B weave and 4B weave with stuffer in center. In general, the fabric has a permeability ranging from 400 to 800 cfm with a woven or pin seam where the seam permeability and caliper varies only slightly with respect to the rest of the fabric.

Abstract: A paper machine mesh, in particular a forming mesh including: an upper fabric layer including upper transverse threads, the outer side of which forms a paper side of the paper machine mesh; a lower fabric layer including lower transverse threads, the outer side of which forms a machine side of the paper machine mesh; and tie threads, arranged in pairs and extending transverse to the transverse threads, which connect the upper and the lower fabric layer to each other in that the tie threads of each pair are woven with upper transverse threads to form upper tie sections and with lower transverse threads to form lower tie sections, wherein each upper tie section is formed by weaving one tie thread of the pair with one or more consecutive upper transverse threads and an upper tie section of the other tie thread of the pair is arranged between two consecutive upper tie sections of the tie thread, wherein in the case of each upper tie section the tie thread crosses at least one upper transverse thread when a tie th

Abstract: A weave with a visual color variation, is interlaced by a plurality of longitudinal yarns and a plurality of latitudinal yarns. One of the longitudinal yarns and latitudinal yarns includes at least one protruding yarn and two color yarns with different colors. The protruding yarn has a plurality of protruding portions presenting on the surface of the weave. The two color yarns are arranged beside the protruding yarn respectively, and the two color yarns have a plurality of color portions presenting on the surface of the weave respectively. If the weave is observed from different viewing angles, the color portions are interfered by the protruding portion to make the weave show various visual color variations.

Abstract: A paper making composite forming fabric including paper side weft and warp yarns and wear side warp yarns and bindery yarns. The paper side wefts and the binder yarns being interwoven with the paper side warp yarns. The binder yarns being interwoven with the wear side warps. A total number of paper side and wear side warp yarns per weave repeat is greater than 24. An internal binder float length is between 2 and 4. The fabric has an interchange points percentage value of less than 20 and a binder interchange points as a percentage of total machine direction yarns value of less than 10.

Abstract: A lightweight, armored protective garment for protecting an arm or leg from blast superheated gases, blast overpressure shock, shrapnel, and spall from a explosive device, such as a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) or a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The garment has a ballistic sleeve made of a ballistic fabric, such as an aramid fiber (e.g., KEVLAR®) cloth, that prevents thermal burns from the blast superheated gases, while providing some protection from fragments. Additionally, the garment has two or more rigid armor inserts that cover the upper and lower arm and protect against high-velocity projectiles, shrapnel and spall. The rigid inserts can be made of multiple plies of a carbon/epoxy composite laminate. The combination of 6 layers of KEVLAR® fabric and 28 plies of carbon/epoxy laminate inserts (with the inserts being sandwiched in-between the KEVLAR® layers), can meet the level IIIA fragmentation minimum V50 requirements for the US Interceptor Outer Tactical Vest.

Abstract: A heald frame includes at least one frame part (10, 14) at least one heald carrying rod (16). A multitude of projections (25, 26), which are arranged one behind the other while being situated essentially in a row, are formed from the heald carrying rod (16) while projecting therefrom by means of plastic deformation and are held inside a recess (28) or the like of the frame part (10, 14).

Abstract: A technique allowing manufacturers to produce woven moisture management fabrics with good moisture transfer properties is based upon a model of the fabric construction, thereby avoiding a manufacturing trial-and-error process. An initial woven fabric design including hydrophilic and hydrophobic yarns are modeled, the warp and weft yarns generally lying in a plane of the fabric. By orthographic projection onto respective planes substantially parallel to the plane of the fabric, a first view and an opposing second view of a unit cell of the model is produced. If the total projected area of hydrophobic yarn on one of the first and second views is between 40% and 70% of the total projected area, and total projected area of hydrophilic yarn on the other of the first and second views exceeds 50% of the total projected area, then a fabric according to the fabric design will have near optimum moisture wicking properties and is manufactured to the design.