An oxidation furnace for the oxidative treatment of fibers, in particular for producing carbon fibers, the furnace having a housing with an inner space which is gas-tight apart from areas for the passage of the fibers. A process chamber is located in the inner space of the housing. Guide rollers guide the fibers arranged adjacently as a fiber carpet in a serpentine manner through the process chamber, the fiber carpet spanning respective planes between opposite guide rollers, a partial area of the inner space being defined both above and below said planes. The process chamber extends between a primary blowing device arranged on a blowing end of the housing and a primary suction device, where a primary gas is blown into a partial area by the primary blowing device in such a way that the process gas flows through the process area in a process flow direction. A secondary gas can be blown into the partial area by a secondary blowing device, on the side of the primary blowing device located at a distance from the process chamber, using a flow sealing device.

The present invention relates to an improved system and method for the production of heatset yarns, in particular for the production of heatset alternating S/Z cabled yarns. The invention also relates to the product obtained according to the method, namely an improved heatset twist plied yarn.

The present invention relates to an improved system and method for the production of heatset yarns, in particular for the production of heatset alternating S/Z cabled yarns. The invention also relates to the product obtained according to the method, namely an improved heatset twist plied yarn.

A method of making a ceramic fiber tow and the system regarding the same may be included. The method may include commingling a plurality of ceramic fibers with a fugitive fiber to form a single ceramic fiber tow. The fugitive fiber may be positioned between at least two ceramic fibers included in the single ceramic fiber tow. The method may further include forming a porous ceramic preform including at least the single ceramic fiber tow. The method may further include removing the fugitive fiber from the ceramic fiber tow leaving a space between at least two ceramic fibers of the single ceramic fiber tow. The method may further include replacing the spaces between ceramic fibers included in the ceramic fiber tows with a ceramic matrix.

A method of making a ceramic fiber tow and the system regarding the same may be included. The method may include commingling a plurality of ceramic fibers with a fugitive fiber to form a single ceramic fiber tow. The fugitive fiber may be positioned between at least two ceramic fibers included in the single ceramic fiber tow. The method may further include forming a porous ceramic preform including at least the single ceramic fiber tow. The method may further include removing the fugitive fiber from the ceramic fiber tow leaving a space between at least two ceramic fibers of the single ceramic fiber tow. The method may further include replacing the spaces between ceramic fibers included in the ceramic fiber tows with a ceramic matrix.

Methods, systems, and devices for changing cross-sectional sizes and/or shapes of flat braided sutures and the resulting constructs are disclosed. The flat braided sutures can have a textile first cross-sectional shape that can be changed to a textile second cross-sectional shape. The systems can have a heater and a die. The flat braided sutures can be movable through the heater and the die. When the flat braided sutures are in the heater, the flat braided sutures can be heatable from a textile first temperature to a textile second temperature greater than the textile first temperature. When the flat braided sutures are at the textile second temperature, the textile first cross-sectional shape can be changeable to the textile second cross-sectional shape.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a composite yarn, comprising: a core filament located at a core of the composite yarn; a first multifilament covering in parallel a peripheral surface of the core filament; a water-based adhesive distributed on a surface and inside of the first multifilament, wherein the water-based adhesive on the surface of the first multifilament forms a water-based adhesive layer; a second multifilament covering in parallel a peripheral surface of the water-based adhesive layer; and a single-clad structure layer or a double-clad structure layer covering an outer side of the second multifilament. The single-clad structure layer includes a short fiber yarn-clad structure layer or a filament-clad structure layer. The double-clad structure layer is a clad structure of short fiber yarns, a clad structure of filaments, or a clad structure of short fiber yarns and filaments. Two layers of clad yarns of the double-clad structure layer are twisted in opposite directions.

The present invention discloses a method for preparing a PET/PTT parallel complex filament with high self-crimpiness, wherein PET and PTT are sliced, dried and crystallized, and then fused separately and subjected to extrusion molding through a parallel-type spinneret plate; oil is applied after cooling; then level 1-3 drafting and heat setting treatment are adopted; and during drafting, a total drafting rate is controlled to be 3 to 3.5, wherein the level-1 drafting rate is 2.8 to 3.0 at a temperature controlled to be 75 to 80? C., according to the method for preparing the PET/PTT parallel complex filament with high self-crimpiness, methods like multi-level drafting for increasing the drafting rate are adopted, and the effects of improving the fiber strength, moderately lowering the breaking elongation, and greatly improving the self-crimpiness are achieved.

The present invention relates to a fiber production system (1) and production method which enables heat treatment applied during fiber production to be performed as applying laser on the fiber. The objective of the present invention is to provide a fiber production system (1) and production method which enables to perform momentary heat treatment on the filament (F) via laser beam (L) and which eliminates defected points in the filament structure by heating fast and drawing in fiber production.

An apparatus for processing yarns includes a first roller set for extending yarn beam; a node generator installed after the first roller set for forming node section of the yarn beam; a first cleaning chamber installed after the node generator for cleaning the yarn beams; a material chamber for adding additive to the yarn beam; a second roller set installed after the material chamber for extending the yarn beam; a first heating chamber installed after the second roller set for thermally setting additives to the yarn beam so that the additives are firmly secured to the yarn of the yarn beam; a third roller set installed after the heating chamber for controlling the heating time of the yarn beam in the first heating chamber; and a fourth roller set installed after the third roller set for winding the yarn beam to a desired shape.