Each of upper surface side warps arranged vertically with lower surface side warps in pairs has a common weaving pattern excluding binding wefts. Binding warps constitute at least one of two warps vertically arranged forming pairs. In the pairs formed by the binding warps and the warps arranged vertically with the binding warps, the warps complement each other to form a weaving pattern for one upper surface side warp and a weaving pattern for one lower surface side warp, respectively, The upper surface side warps and the binding warps are interwoven with the upper surface side wefts to form an upper surface side fabric formed in a predetermined weaving pattern for each warp row. The lower surface side warps and the binding warps are interwoven with the lower surface side wefts to form a lower surface side fabric formed in a predetermined weaving pattern for each warp row.

A forming fabric for a papermaking machine woven according to a repeating pattern. The fabric includes a PS layer having a PS surface, with the PS layer including PS warps and first PS wefts, second PS wefts, and binder PS weft pairs interwoven in a first repeating pattern, and a MS layer having a MS surface, with the MS layer including interwoven MS warps and MS wefts. The binder PS weft pairs are interwoven with the PS warps and the MS warps to bind the PS and MS layers together. The first PS wefts have a larger diameter than the second PS wefts, the second PS wefts have a larger diameter than the binder PS weft pair, and in each repeat, the first PS wefts, the second PS wefts, and the binder PS wefts are inserted sequentially, preferably from large to small, forming a stair step topography.

A press pad for a hydraulic heating press arrangement, the press pad including a fabric, wherein the fabric is formed by warp threads in a warp direction and weft threads in a weft direction, wherein the warp threads and the weft threads are woven together to form the fabric, and wherein functional threads run in the warp direction or in the weft direction and are connected with the fabric so that a thickness of the fabric in an effective portion of the functional threads differs from a thickness of the fabric outside of the effective portion of the functional threads.

An activated carbon fiber is obtained by activating: a polyphenylene ether fiber that contains a polyphenylene ether component having a rearrangement structure connected by a bond at an ortho-position in a repeating unit continuously bonded at a para-position; an infusibilized polyphenylene ether fiber obtained by infusibilizing the polyphenylene ether fiber; a flameproofed polyphenylene ether fiber obtained by flameproofing the polyphenylene ether fiber or the infusibilized polyphenylene ether fiber; or a carbon fiber obtained by carbonizing any of the polyphenylene ether fibers.

The present invention pertains to a process for manufacturing one or more fluoropolymer fibers, said process comprising the following steps: (i) providing a liquid composition [composition (C1)] comprising: at least one fluoropolymer comprising at least one hydroxyl end group [polymer (F.sub.OH)L and a liquid medium comprising at least one organic solvent [solvent (S)]; (ii) contacting the composition (C1) provided in step (i) with at least one metal compound [compound (M)] of formula (I) here below: X.sub.4mAY.sub.m (I) wherein X is a hydrocarbon group, optionally comprising one or more functional groups, m is an integer from 1 to 4, A is a metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti and Zr, and Y is a hydrolysable group selected from the group consisting of an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group and a hydroxyl group, thereby providing a liquid composition [composition (C2)]; (iii) submitting to at least partial hydrolysis and/or polycondensation the composition (C2) provided in step (ii) thereby providing a liquid composition [composition (C3)] comprising at least one fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite; (iv) processing the composition (C3) provided in step (iii) by electrospinning thereby providing one or more fluoropolymer fibers; (v) drying the fluoropolymer fiber(s) provided in step (iv); and (vi) optionally, submitting to compression the fluoropolymer fiber(s) provided in step (v) at a temperature comprised between 50 C. and 300 C. The invention also pertains to a process for the manufacture of said fluoropolymer fiber(s) and to uses of said fluoropolymer fiber(s) in various applications.

The invention relates to a thermal insulation product based on mineral wool comprising mineral fibers, the product comprising two main faces and longitudinal and transverse edges perpendicular to the main faces, the product being characterized by the following orientation fractions: a longitudinal orientation fraction greater than or equal to 48%, or even 50%, along an angle of more or less 6? with respect to the plane of the main faces, when the mineral fibers are counted only in a longitudinal cross-section, and a mean orientation fraction greater than or equal to 40%, or even 45%, along an angle of more or less 6? with respect to the plane of the main faces, when the mineral fibers are counted both in a transverse cross-section and in a longitudinal cross-section.

The invention allows the insulating power of a thermal insulation product based on mineral wool to be improved without increasing its thickness.

A wear-resistant adhesive tape for wrapping cables in an automobiles. The tape is a textile support strip made of warp yarns and weft yarns and in which each of the yarns is made of polyester or polyamide with a yarn fineness of at least 40 dtex. An adhesive coating is provided on at least one face of the strip. The warp yarns are formed as multi-warp yarns or the weft yarns are formed as multi-weft yarns.

An abrasion-resistant adhesive tape (1), that can be formed into a roll, preferably a cable winding tape (1), with a strip-shaped double-layer substrate (2) with a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating (3) on one side. The substrate (2) having a first textile fabric layer (4) and a second textile fabric layer (5), being permanently connected by an adhesive connection layer (6). For a high abrasion resistance, preferably a class-E abrasion resistance according to LV 312, and enabling easy processing with a minimal thickness, the first and second textile layers (4) each have a basis weight ranging from 80 to 300 g/m.sup.2, the adhesive connection layer (6) having a basis weight ranging from 50 to 300 g/m.sup.2 and a laminate adhesive force, by DIN EN 1939, between the textile layers greater than 10 N/cm.

The invention relates to a thermal insulation product based on mineral wool comprising mineral fibers, the product comprising two main faces and longitudinal and transverse edges perpendicular to the main faces, the product being characterized by the following orientation fractions: a longitudinal orientation fraction greater than or equal to 48%, or even 50%, along an angle of more or less 6? with respect to the plane of the main faces, when the mineral fibers are counted only in a longitudinal cross-section, and a mean orientation fraction greater than or equal to 40%, or even 45%, along an angle of more or less 6? with respect to the plane of the main faces, when the mineral fibers are counted both in a transverse cross-section and in a longitudinal cross-section. The invention allows the insulating power of a thermal insulation product based on mineral wool to be improved without increasing its thickness.

[Task] The object of the present invention is to provide an industrial two-layered fabric with a long durability which exhibits an excellent surface smoothness and excellent marking characteristics, while at the same time improving wear resistance characteristics to balance warps and wefts.

[Solution to the Task] An industrial two-layered fabric formed by binding yarns, diameters of all of the upper surface side warps are set to be the same, diameters of all of the lower surface side warps are set to be the same, diameters of the lower surface side warps are set to be larger than diameters of said upper surface side warps, and at least one, or more than one of said upper surface side warps are woven with said lower surface side wefts to constitute binding yarns binding said at least one upper surface side fabric and said at least one lower surface side fabric.