An implant includes a frame, and a textile mounted on the frame. The textile includes fibers formed from a mixture of a polymer and an additive molecule. The additive molecule includes a polyurethane backbone and one or more fluorinated end-groups at at least one end of the backbone. Other embodiments are also described.

An implant includes a frame, and a textile mounted on the frame. The textile includes fibers formed from a mixture of a polymer and an additive molecule. The additive molecule includes a polyurethane backbone and one or more fluorinated end-groups at at least one end of the backbone. Other embodiments are also described.

The invention focuses on a molded part (12) for a nozzle core (60) for stuffer-box crimping of threads. The molded part includes a ceramic body (121) with a planar surface (122). Receiving contours (124) for receiving fastening means (50) are arranged in the planar surface (122). The receiving contours (124) are open in the lateral direction.

A textile jet subassembly includes a textile jet or jet nozzle mounted on a base support. An upper impact plate and a lower insert plate form the yarn channel passing through the jet or jet nozzle. A jet interface and a threading slot communicate with the yarn channel and the sidewalls above and below the threading slot are coplanar to form a smooth surface. Multiple alignment or registration recesses and cooperating pin fasteners are spaced from the yarn channel on the same side of the yarn channel to properly align the side walls above and below the threading slot.

A yarn texturizing apparatus and method for texturizing a plurality of yarns, which can include a tack assembly and a jet box assembly. The tack assembly can be configured to receive a bundle of yarns and impart a plurality of twists to each bundle of yarns and subsequently impart a first tack point at a point corresponding to a twist reversal between the twists. The downstream jet box assembly can be configured to place a plurality of additional tack points intermittently along the plurality of twists of each bundle of yarn.

A device and a method for manufacturing a synthetic yarn, in which at least two yarn plugs (1), (2), (3) are produced by texturing, are placed in a first zone (A) on the cooling surface (6c) of a rotating cooling drum (6), moved to a second zone (B) and form more than one winding (I),(II), in which the yarn plugs are kept in the second zone (B) by a gas stream (F.sub.B) on the cooling surface (6c), and in which no gas stream or a less powerful gas stream is generated in an intermediate zone (C) in order to prevent the yarn plugs (1), (2), (3) from leaving the second zone (B).

A draw device into which at least two filaments are guided for producing a multi-coloured yarn from differently coloured filaments which consist of a plurality of endless filaments includes a pair of intake rollers for receiving the at least two filaments. Two pairs of drafting system rollers follow the intake rollers to draw the at least two filaments. A texturizing device comprising a texturizing nozzle with a cooling drum is disposed downstream of the two pairs of drafting system rollers to texturize the at least two filaments, wherein at least one yarn is formed from the filaments in the texturizing nozzle. At least one further nozzle is disposed exclusively upstream of the texturizing device in which each filament is separately interlaced. The filaments are drawn on at least one of the two pairs of drafting system rollers at a speed of at least 1,700 m/min.

Techniques produce a crimped composite thread, in which multiple individual threads are extruded in each case in the form of a plurality of strand-shaped filaments, cooled, drawn by means of a drawing device and together crimped by means of a crimping device to form the composite thread. Before the multifilament individual threads are crimped, they are entangled separately in each case by means of an entangling unit of an entangling device. A position and/or orientation of at least one of the entangling units relative to the drawing device, the crimping device and/or a further one of the entangling units is changed during the production of the crimped composite thread.

A process for texturing a multicomponent fiber having a shaped cross section is provided. The process comprises: (A) providing a multicomponent fiber having a shaped cross section and at least one water dispersible polymer; and a plurality of domains comprising one or more water non-dispersible polymers, wherein said domains are substantially isolated from each other by said water dispersible polymer intervening between said domains; and (B) passing the multicomponent fiber through a first zone comprising a first heating device and a twisting unit, wherein the first heating device has a heating temperature that is at least 10% less than the temperature used for a fiber without the water dispersible component having the same water non-dispersible polymer, same number of total filaments in the fiber, and the same total denier for a given type of equipment and process conditions.

An article is provided comprising a multicomponent fiber having a shaped cross section, wherein the multicomponent fiber comprises: (A) at least one water dispersible polymer; and (B) a plurality of domains comprising one or more water non-dispersible polymers, wherein said domains are substantially isolated from each other by said water dispersible polymer intervening between said domains; and wherein said water dispersible polymer is present at the perimeter of the outside cross-section of said multicomponent fiber in a proportion of not greater than 55% water dispersible polymer.