Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion including a housing to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly including an electrically insulating element having an opening, an electrical heating element supported by the insulating element and to heat the substrate to form an aerosol, first and second electrically conductive contact portions disposed at opposite sides of the opening and to contact with a battery to supply power to the heater assembly, and a capillary material including a ceramic or a ceramic-based material and having first and second faces, the first face being in physical contact with the heating element and the second face being opposite the first face, the capillary material to convey the substrate to the heating element by capillary action, the heater assembly being fixed to the housing of the liquid storage portion.

Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion including a housing with a first opening, to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly including an electrically insulating support having a second opening, an electrical heating element supported by the insulating support and to heat the substrate to form an aerosol, and first and second electrically conductive contact portions disposed at opposite sides of the second opening and to connect to electrical connectors of a battery to supply power to the heater assembly, and a capillary material having first and second faces, the first face being in physical contact with the heating element and the second face being opposite the first face, the capillary material to convey the substrate to the heating element by capillary action, the heater assembly being connected to the housing of the liquid storage portion.

Abstract: Techniques are directed to godet unit for guiding a multifilament thread, including a driven godet of an auxiliary roller or a second godet, from which the thread can be guided with multiple loopings, and including a mingling device for air-mingling the thread. The godet and the mingling device are provided in the form of a combined assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and a device for texturing yarns for rugs or carpet, upstream of a heat treatment unit. Process characterized in that it consists essentially of or comprises making, downstream of a rack, on at least one yarn, at least one microtexturing operation using a microtexturing machine, then depositing the yarn obtained at the outlet of the microtexturing machine, in bulk or in loops, in a free state, onto an intermediate device for accumulation and transport, carrying the yarn obtained to a downstream heat treatment unit.

Abstract: A method of collecting a strand using an air stream dissipater comprises texturizing the strand with an air stream on a first side of the air stream dissipater, directing the texturized strand through the air stream dissipater and collecting the texturized strand in a container on the second side of the air stream dissipater. A system for texturizing a strand comprises a texturizer for texturizing the strand with an air stream, a container to collect and hold the texturized strand and an air stream dissipater provided between the texturizer and the container to dissipate excess air from the air stream and prevent the excess air from entering the container.

Abstract: Crimp-imbalanced protective fabric is accomplished by varying the levels of yarn crimp within and across a layer or layers of a multi-layer fabric armor system. The method includes developing a crimp in the yarn (utilized for producing a fiber layer) by pulling the yarn through a solution that substantially coats the yarn. The removable coating has a thickness that ensures a proper amount of crimp in the yarn. The tension in the yarn is controlled; the yarn is weaved; and a crimp is applied in the yarn. Once the crimp is applied, families of the crimped yarn are utilized as a layer or layered to produce a soft armor form.

Abstract: A component crimping apparatus control method which enables a measuring tool to directly measure a temperature of a part pressed by a pressing head. The component crimping apparatus control method is applied to a component crimping apparatus which crimps a component onto a plate-shaped workpiece, and causes a measuring tool shaped identically as the workpiece to measure a temperature or a pressure of a pressed part in a pressing process of pressing a component onto the workpiece using a heated pressing head. The method includes acquiring information indicating whether or not the measuring tool is held in the component crimping apparatus, and, in the case where the information indicating that the measuring tool is held is acquired, positioning the measuring tool identically as the workpiece, and executing the pressing process on the component to be attached to the measuring tool after the positioning.

Abstract: A machine for creating a bundle of creased strips of material and handles for use with bundles of creased strips and other applications. Also contemplated are bundles of strips with or without handles for various applications.

Abstract: The PTFE real twist yarn of the present invention is a PTFE real twist yarn obtained by twisting a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) multi-filament slit yarn. The yarn has a circular cross-section with a circularity in the range of 10/8 to 10/10, where the circularity is expressed by the ratio between the major axis width and the minor axis width, the average fineness of filaments is in the range of 1.5 to 200 dtex, a fineness D is in the range of 50 to 6000 dtex, and a twist coefficient K expressed by Formula (1) is in the range of 10000 to 35000: twist coefficient K=number of twists T×(the fineness D of the PTFE real twist yarn)1/2??(1) where the number of twists T denotes the number of twists per meter and the fineness D is a total fineness.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for entangling two or more strands of yarn together in accordance with a pre-selected and changeable pattern so as to obtain twisted yarn with a selected coring level extending for a selected length of the yarn and other selected coring levels extending for various other lengths of the yarn so that a supply such as a package of finished yarn has a variable coring pattern which may be reproducible and possibly changeable.

Abstract: A yarn conditioning apparatus for removing interlace nodes from a multifilament, crimped yarn, and including a first roll assembly for accepting the multifilament, interlaced yarn from a yarn supply at a predetermined yarn feed rate and outputting the yarn, and a second yarn roll assembly having a yarn feed rate greater than the yarn feed rate of the yarn input roll assembly for accepting the output yarn from the first roll assembly and stretching the yarn to a degree sufficient to remove interlace nodes from the yarn and outputting the conditioned yarn to downstream processes.

Abstract: A yarn conditioning apparatus and methods for removing interlace nodes from a multifilament, crimped yarn, and including a first roll assembly for accepting the multifilament, interlaced yarn from a yarn supply at a predetermined yarn feed rate and outputting the yarn, and a second yarn roll assembly having a yarn feed rate greater than the yarn feed rate of the yarn input roll assembly for accepting the output yarn from the first roll assembly and stretching the yarn to a degree sufficient to remove interlace nodes from the yarn and outputting the conditioned yarn to downstream processes.

Abstract: A yarn for forming filiform formations of a synthetic-grass covering reproducing the grassy sward of natural turf comprises filiform segments set alongside one another and connected together by thin breakable connection portions, in which the filiform segments have thickened end parts. Preferably, the yarn is obtained by longitudinal stretching, starting from a length constituted by a strip comprising multiple filiform segments set alongside one another and connected together by thin connection portions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a low and weakly-interlaced industrial polyester multifilament yarn, which has excellent flatness and flat uniformity, and in which the number of monofilament layers is properly controlled according to a fineness of the low and weakly-interlaced polyester multifilament yarn and monofilaments are interlaced, thereby reducing a surface brightness gradient of a coated fabrics, produced using the low and weakly-interlaced polyester multifilament yarn, when light is irradiated to the coated fabrics. Additionally, the present invention provides a method of producing the low and weakly-interlaced polyester multifilament yarn, in which air pressure of an air interlacing device, a yarn path, tension of the yarn, an helix angle of the yarn wound around a cheese, intervals between first guides, located before and after the air interlacing device, and second guides, located in the air interlacing device, and a position of a wave plate are properly controlled.

Abstract: A yarn texturizing system, apparatus, and methods of reducing production loss or increasing production speed in a continuous textured yarn production process are provided. The system includes a yarn texturizer to texturize yarn, a chute positioned to receive and guide the texturized yarn in the form of a bundle of texturized yarn from the yarn texturizer, a yarn compressor positioned to compress the texturized yarn against an upper surface of the chute at least after being initially received from the yarn texturizer, and a yarn conveyor positioned to convey the compressed texturized yarn.

Abstract: A housing 1 for enclosing a nozzle is suggested, particularly an air covering nozzle or an air texturing nozzle 3, with at least one filament pass-through aperture 10, 11, 12, 13 having a filament pass-through aperture circumference 20 and a housing cover 5 that covers a housing opening in a housing base 15, housing cover 5 engaging with housing base ridges 18 on housing base 5 by means of cover ridges 17, filament pass-through aperture 10, 11, 12, 13 being located in such manner on one of the housing base ridges 18 that part of filament pass-through aperture circumference 20 is formed by one of the cover ridges 17.

Abstract: A preform for a fiber-reinforced composite material including a bent portion along a curved line for bending, a flange portion corresponding to an outer circumferential portion, and a semi-cylindrical portion formed by bending an inner circumferential portion along the curved line for bending located in a flat plane or a curved plane region. The preform is formed from a precursor having a predetermined extension. The outer circumferential portion corresponds to a first region where a first plurality of reinforced fibers is partially disposed in parallel along the curved line for bending. The inner circumferential portion corresponds to a second region constituted solely of a second plurality of reinforced fibers disposed throughout the entire area, so as to intersect the first plurality of reinforced fibers at a predetermined angle in the first region.

Abstract: A process for forming a continuous filament yarn having the surface tactile character of a spun yarn. The process includes passing the cohesive yarn structure through the interior of a rotating sleeve member disposed in surrounding relation to the cohesive yarn structure. The rotating sleeve member includes an abrasive inner surface of diameter greater than the cohesive yarn structure and is adapted to contact the exterior surface of the cohesive yarn structure such that at least a portion of the elongate filaments disposed at the exterior of the cohesive yarn structure are broken. Terminal ends of the broken filaments define an arrangement of outwardly projecting hairs at discrete locations disposed substantially around the circumference of the cohesive yarn structure. An apparatus for carrying out the process is also provided.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing mop trimmings from a twisted yarn (7) which is cut into pieces is described. In order to prevent any untwisting of the yarn pieces it is proposed that the twisted yarn (7) is subjected to a needling prior to cutting.

Abstract: Process for the mechanical transformation of a thread (F) of vegetable, animal or artificial or synthetic origin, characterized in that it includes abrading the thread (F) when the latter is supported in the air between two supports (55, 56).

Abstract: A spinning-drawing-texturing machine for producing crimped threads is described, comprising a spinning device, a drawing device, a texturing device, and a take-up device. A plurality of threads spun by the spinning device is assigned to the drawing device, the texturing device, and the take-up device. According to the present invention, the drawing device and the texturing device are arranged in a processing module and the take-up device in a winding module underneath the spinning device. The processing module and the winding module are erected side by side and form one long side of the machine. This ensures a configuration divided by functional groups, which facilitates operation and increases operational reliability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing yarn having reduced heatset shrinkage. Preferably, the fibers used in making the yarn are bicomponent fibers. The present invention also provides a process for producing yarn having reduced heatset shrinkage at reduced heat temperatures.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for treating a polyester fiber comprising the steps of providing a bicomponent fiber comprising poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) which has been heat-treated at a first temperature and cooled to lower than about 70° C. and has an initial crimp contraction value and a developed crimp contraction value, applying tension to the fiber of about 0.001 to 0.088 dN/tex, heat-treating the fiber at a second heat-treating temperature no lower than about 75° C. and no higher than the first heat-treating temperature, cooling the fiber to lower than the second heat-treating temperature, and releasing the tension from the fiber to give a fiber having a reduced crimp contraction value. The invention also provides a bicomponent fiber comprising poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) having a reduced crimp contraction value of about 6% to 15%.

Abstract: In a method for treating a yarn by needling, with the yarn fibers being drawn transversally to the longitudinal direction of the yarn, it is proposed that fibers of a yarn formed from staple fibers are needled in a brush support before the yarn is removed from the brush support.

Abstract: A process for forming a continuous filament yarn having the surface tactile character of a spun yarn. The process includes passing the cohesive yarn structure through the interior of a rotating sleeve member disposed in surrounding relation to the cohesive yarn structure. The rotating sleeve member includes an abrasive inner surface of diameter greater than the cohesive yarn structure and is adapted to contact the exterior surface of the cohesive yarn structure such that at least a portion of the elongate filaments disposed at the exterior of the cohesive yarn structure are broken. Terminal ends of the broken filaments define an arrangement of outwardly projecting hairs at discrete locations disposed substantially around the circumference of the cohesive yarn structure. An apparatus for carrying out the process is also provided.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing wet absorption yarns comprises the following steps of fabricating the polypropylene filaments into yarns; feeding the yarns to a false twisting machine for twisting the yarns; feeding the yarns to a driving roller and a package rollers for twisting the yarns to be as twisting yarns; transferring the twisting yarns to at least one brush roller with short brushes on the surface of the roller so that hairs are formed on the twisting yarns to be as haired twisting yarns; feeding the haired twisting yarns to at least one grooved roller; feeding the haired twisting yarns to at least one guiding wheel to be stretched and drying the haired twisting yarns; and outputting the haired twisting yarns as wet absorption yarns. Moreover, a wet absorption yarns is disclosed, where wet absorption yarns made from polypropylene filaments. The wet absorption yarns is twisted, haired and permeated with wet absorber.

Abstract: An apparatus is described for needling at least one yarn (16) with at least one needle board (4) which is reciprocatable in the needling direction, with a stitch base (1) which is disposed opposite of the needle board (4) and is made of an endlessly revolving brush belt (3), and with a stripper (5) which is disposed between the stitch base (1) and the needle board and which forms at least one guide duct (9) for the yarn (16) extending in the revolving direction (10) of the brush belt (3) and comprises in the region of said guide duct (9) pass-through openings (20) for the needles (8) of the needle board (4). In order to provide advantageous needling conditions it is proposed that the guide duct (9) is provided between guide walls (15) engaging in the brush belt (3), which guide walls delimit a duct cross section which tapers towards the yarn (16) in the region of the brush engagement.

Abstract: A process for forming a continuous filament yarn having the surface tactile character of a spun yarn. The process includes passing the cohesive yarn structure through the interior of a rotating sleeve member disposed in surrounding relation to the cohesive yarn structure. The rotating sleeve member includes an abrasive inner surface of diameter greater than the cohesive yarn structure and is adapted to contact the exterior surface of the cohesive yarn structure such that at least a portion of the elongate filaments disposed at the exterior of the cohesive yarn structure are broken. Terminal ends of the broken filaments define an arrangement of outwardly projecting hairs at discrete locations disposed substantially around the circumference of the cohesive yarn structure. An apparatus for carrying out the process is also provided.

Abstract: A method of co-texturizing glass fibers and thermoplastic fibers comprises passing a glass fiber strand through a texturizing gun, simultaneously passing a thermoplastic fiber strand through the texturizing gun with the glass fiber strand and injecting pressurized air into the texturizing gun concurrently with the glass fiber strand and thermoplastic fiber strands. This method produces a co-texturized fiber material comprising between 20-85% by weight glass fiber and 15-80% by weight thermoplastic fiber having an overall density of from about 20 grams/liter to about 200 grams/liter, and preferably from about 20 grams/liter to less than about 30 grams/liter.

Abstract: There is put forward a method for texturing thermoplastic yarns with which the thread before the provision of texture is brought to the necessary texturing temperature (T2) and during the actual texturing provision is cooled to a setting temperature (T23). The heating to the texturing temperature (T2) is effected in two steps. The actual texturing line (24) is provided with an active cooling, by which means the yarn is actively cooled to a setting temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing yarn having reduced heatset shrinkage. Preferably, the fibers used in making the yarn are bicomponent fibers. The present invention also provides a process for producing yarn having reduced heatset shrinkage at reduced heat temperatures.

Abstract: A process for the manufacturing of a differentially dyeable yarn includes the steps of: a) producing two polymers having a different concentration of amine end-groups; b) spinning yarns from said two polymers; and c) producing a yarn by intermingling said spun yarns made from said two polymers, in texturing, or draw twisting, or draw winding processes.

Abstract: In a method for treating a yarn by needling, with the yarn fibers being drawn transversally to the longitudinal direction of the yarn, it is proposed that fibers of a yarn formed from staple fibers are needled in a brush support before the yarn is removed from the brush support.

Abstract: A method of co-texturizing glass fibers and thermoplastic fibers comprises passing a glass fiber strand through a texturizing gun, simultaneously passing a thermoplastic fiber strand through the texturizing gun with the glass fiber strand and injecting pressurized air into the texturizing gun concurrently with the glass fiber strand and thermoplastic fiber strands. This method produces a co-texturized fiber material comprising between 20-85% by weight glass fiber and 15-80% by weight thermoplastic fiber having an overall density of from about 20 grams/liter to about 200 grams/liter, and preferably from about 20 grams/liter to less than about 30 grams/liter.

Abstract: The invention describes a low tension relax process and corresponding apparatus, wherein a tension gate is incorporated into a relax zone in a yarn production process. The tension gate can be anything that produces a drag on the yarn threadline such as an air drag device, a liquid drag device, or a solid surface contact drag device, or a combination of these. A tension gate is a device which when used in a relax zone has an outlet yarn tension greater than the inlet yarn tension thus creating a tension differential. The tension gate provides a tension differential of at least 5 mg per denier. A relax zone is typical found in a spin-drawing process, a draw-twisting process, a draw-winding process, or a draw-bulking process. The invention describes a yarn making process with a tension gate in the relax zone wherein the tension gate creates a tension differential on said yarn of at least 5 milligrams per denier.

Abstract: Bulk yarns having improved elasticity and recovery and methods for their manufacture are described. A first embodiment of the invention involves providing a solution-dyed multifilament yarn of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and a multifilament yarn of a second thermoplastic polymer to an air jet texturizer such that the PBT component forms a core and the other yarn forms a plurality of loops and coils extending outwardly from the core. In addition to a high degree of elasticity and recovery, the composite yarn also has a low amount of shrinkage, which enables the yarns to be used in the production of woven fabrics without significant losses in fabric yield. Another embodiment of the invention involves false twisting a multifilament PBT yarn and a second multifilament yarn as individual threadlines to impart crimp thereto, then entangling the two components together using an air interlacing jet, to produce a bulk yarn having high elasticity and recovery.

Abstract: A combined machine for the crimping, heat setting and conditioning in succession of band-grouped textiles, and a corresponding crimping method

Abstract: Processes and apparatus are provided whereby the morphology of bulked continuous filament (BCF) yarns can be variably controlled. More specifically, according to the present invention, the BCF yarn is melt-spun, drawn and textured, most preferably in a one-step spin-draw-texture (SDT) process, wherein prior to texturing, the yarn is subjected to a differential temperature condition. Most preferably, such differential temperature condition is accomplished using the duo rolls employed in drawing the BCF, such that one of the rolls is maintained at a greater temperature as compared to the other of the rolls. Most preferably, it is the upstream-most roll (relative to the general conveyance path of the filament toward the texturizer) which is the hotter of the duo rolls.

Abstract: A spinning apparatus for producing a plurality of yarns, wherein the yarns are produced by combining a plurality of filament bundles. To this end, the spinning apparatus includes a plurality of extruders for producing a plurality of melt flows, which are distributed by a plurality of distributor pumps to at least two spinning positions that are arranged side by side. Each of the spinning positions includes a plurality of spinnerets, which extrude a partial flow from a distributor pump to a filament bundle. Also, the spinning positions are arranged so that at least one filament bundle of one spinning position can be combined to a yarn with at least one filament bundle of an adjacent spinning position.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for strengthening a yarn (6) is described which is provided with fibers at least in a sheath zone enclosing a core zone. In order to provide advantageous process conditions it is proposed that fibers are needled from the sheath zone through the core zone along the yarn (6).

Abstract: An improved heavy denier fibrillated polymer carpet yarn is densely knit, deknit and heat treated. An improved carpet face yarn is provided in an omnidirectional carpet pile.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing yarn having reduced heatset shrinkage. Preferably, the fibers used in making the yarn are bicomponent fibers. The present invention also provides a process for producing yarn having reduced heatset shrinkage at reduced heat temperatures.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing mop trimmings from a twisted yarn (7) which is cut into pieces is described. In order to prevent any untwisting of the yarn pieces it is proposed that the twisted yarn (7) is subjected to a needling prior to cutting.

Abstract: An improved heavy denier fibrillated polymer carpet yarn is densely knit, deknit and heat treated. An improved carpet face yarn is provided in an omnidirectional carpet pile.

Abstract: A process for producing yarns that have enhanced resistance to unraveling and linting. The yarns are moved along guides through a needle loom where a series of needles engage the yarns. This engagement of the yarns by the needles causes the fibers of the yarns to become intermixed.

Abstract: A texturing jet arrangement for treatment of a filamentary material. The arrangement includes at least two superimposed body members. A treatment duct formed in at least one of the body members extends between the superimposed body members. At least one jet body for feeding a gaseous treatment medium and at least one vent portion is provided in the treatment duct. The treatment duct includes at least a partial region with a material that is more wear-resistant than the material of the body member.

Abstract: The inventive arrangement of texturising nozzles (8) in a part of a spin draw texturising machine or a draw texturising machine presents a fan-like arrangement of these texturising nozzles in which the longitudinal axes (16) of the texturising nozzles extend coaxially with a connecting line (17) which extends from a take-off point (15) on a draw roll (1) to the exit of each individual texturising nozzle (8).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for steam-treating yarn, films, fibers, fiber tow and other polymeric articles is described. The apparatus includes a first orifice for generating minimum pressure areas and a second orifice to provide a sonic shock region operative to isolate the pressure in one chamber from the pressure in another chamber.

Abstract: The low-shrinkage hybrid yarns comprise reinforcing filaments and matrix filaments composed of thermoplastic polymers having a lower melting point than the melting or decomposition point of the reinforcing filaments. The yarns are characterized by a 160.degree. C. hot air shrinkage of not more than 2% and a 200.degree. C. hot air shrinkage of not more than 5%. A process for producing these hybrid yarns includes the steps of feeding yarn strands moving at different speeds into an entangling jet, heating a matrix feed yarn during the feeding thereof into the entangling jet, entangling the feed yarn strands, and taking off the strands with or without shrinkage and additional heating.

Abstract: Bulk yarns having improved elasticity and recovery and methods for their manufacture are described. A first embodiment of the invention involves providing a solution-dyed multifilament yarn of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and a multifilament yarn of a second thermoplastic polymer to an air jet texturizer such that the PBT component forms a core and the other yarn forms a plurality of loops and coils extending outwardly from the core. In addition to a high degree of elasticity and recovery, the composite yarn also has a low amount of shrinkage, which enables the yarns to be used in the production of woven fabrics without significant losses in fabric yield. Another embodiment of the invention involves false twisting a multifilament PBT yarn and a second multifilament yarn as individual threadlines to impart crimp thereto, then entangling the two components together using an air interlacing jet, to produce a bulk yarn having high elasticity and recovery.