A weaving loom of the present disclosure includes a base and a heddle. The base has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a heddle base and first fins extending from the heddle base. The heddle is detachably coupled with the heddle base and has an axis and a central part. The heddle further includes a plurality of shedding sections formed on the central part and around the axis. The shedding sections are arranged along the axis for the central part to have a plurality of longitudinal rows having different topographies across different longitudinal portions of the central part. The heddle is configured to move between a plurality of positions with one of the longitudinal rows facing vertically upward.

To provide a method for manufacturing a woven fabric for which neither the appearance nor a function provided by flat threads of the woven fabric are impaired, and to provide the woven fabric. The woven fabric further includes flat threads 3 each wider than a fiber warp thread 10, and the flat threads 3 are caused to pass through healds 102 intermittently with respect to a plurality of the fiber warp threads 10. A hole 102a of each heald is long in a heald moving direction. By causing the flat thread 3 to pass through the hole, the longitudinal direction in transverse plane of the flat thread 3 is oriented along a heald moving direction M. By interweaving fiber weft threads with the fiber warp threads 10, a plurality of woven fabric placement sections is formed so as to be arranged in a weft direction W, each woven fabric placement section being formed as a woven fabric structure and having the flat thread corresponding thereto placed on the woven fabric structure. A flat face HF of the flat thread 3 is disposed on the fiber warp threads 10 in the woven fabric placement section so as to face the fiber warp threads 10. A part of the fiber weft threads is caused to pass over the flat thread 3, to fix the flat thread 3 on the woven fabric placement section. The woven fabric covering section may be formed as a plain weave.

Heddle for a harness of a Jacquard weaving loom having two strands (32, 34) each equipped at a first end with a member for hooking-up the heddle to an element 10 of the harness, as well as a link (30) with an eyelet (36) for guiding a warp thread, this eyelet (36) being positioned, along a longitudinal axis (XI0) of the heddle, between both strands (32, 34). The link (30) is in a synthetic material and has two branches (52, 54) positioned on either side of the eyelet (36) along the longitudinal axis (XI0). A portion (522, 542) of each branch (52, 54) is over-molded on a second end (324, 344) of a strand (32, 34) opposite to its first end and shifted longitudinally from the eyelet (36). Further, each branch (52, 54) of the link completely surrounds the second end (324, 344) of the corresponding strand (32, 34). The second end of the strand (32, 34) is conformed with a geometry intended to achieve an anchoring which opposes the displacement of the overmolded portion of the branch of the link relatively to the second end of the strand along two opposite longitudinal directions (FI, F2), while the eyelet (36) is formed with the synthetic material which makes up the link (30).

Heddle for a harness of a Jacquard weaving loom having two strands (32, 34) each equipped at a first end with a member for hooking-up the heddle to an element 10 of the harness, as well as a link (30) with an eyelet (36) for guiding a warp thread, this eyelet (36) being positioned, along a longitudinal axis (XI0) of the heddle, between both strands (32, 34). The link (30) is in a synthetic material and has two branches (52, 54) positioned on either side of the eyelet (36) along the longitudinal axis (XI0). A portion (522, 542) of each branch (52, 54) is over-molded on a second end (324, 344) of a strand (32, 34) opposite to its first end and shifted longitudinally from the eyelet (36). Further, each branch (52, 54) of the link completely surrounds the second end (324, 344) of the corresponding strand (32, 34). The second end of the strand (32, 34) is conformed with a geometry intended to achieve an anchoring which opposes the displacement of the overmolded portion of the branch of the link relatively to the second end of the strand along two opposite longitudinal directions (FI, F2), while the eyelet (36) is formed with the synthetic material which makes up the link (30).

A warp yarn take-up system includes a clamping device for holding a plurality of layers of warp yarns, the clamping device being movable at least in a direction corresponding to the advance direction of the warp yarns. The clamping device includes a bottom clamp, a top clamp, and at least one intermediate clamping element present between the bottom clamp and the top clamp. The bottom clamp, the top clamp, and the at least one intermediate clamping element are held together by clamping.

A warp yarn take-up system includes a clamping device for holding a plurality of layers of warp yarns, the clamping device being movable at least in a direction corresponding to the advance direction of the warp yarns. The clamping device includes a bottom clamp, a top clamp, and at least one intermediate clamping element present between the bottom clamp and the top clamp. The bottom clamp, the top clamp, and the at least one intermediate clamping element are held together by clamping.

This heddle comprises a link and at least one rod made of polymeric material, one longitudinal extremity of which comprises surfaces covering the transverse faces of the link. The rod and the link form at least one cavity, offset from the link parallel to a longitudinal axis and delimited by a first peripheral surface of the link, a second lateral surface, formed by the outer surface of the rod, and a third bottom surface, formed by the rod and extending one of the covering surfaces. An intersection line extends from the third bottom surface and delimits the first surface. The third bottom surface is arranged toward the outside of the rod relative to the second lateral surface. Each cavity is non-facing, according to a thickness axis in a direction away from the third bottom surface.

The invention relates to a woven fabric of warp and weft threads with a construction in warp thread direction of at least first, second and third warp threads (11, 13, 12) running above one another, wherein: the third warp threads (12) always extend between the first and second warp threads (11, 13), the weft threads (16) are guided through alternating loom sheds (35, 36, 37, 38) between as well as below and above these at least three warp threads (11, 13, 12), and the third warp threads (12) consist of a different material than the first and the second warp threads (11, 13).
Similarly the invention relates to a method for producing a multilayered woven fabric of warp and weft threads by means of a weaving machine.

An add-on weaving method, a device based on this method, 3D fabric items producible by this method and device, and composite materials reinforced with such 3D fabric items. The 3D fabric items are produced directly by the add-on weaving process using Complementary Fabric, warp yarns and weft yarns. The interacting woven fabric produced by interlacing the warp and weft yarns is simultaneously integrated with the Complementary Fabric used. The Complementary Fabric and interacting woven fabric integrate in mutual through-thickness directions at their intersecting planes and create directly 3D fabric items which are useful for manufacturing delamination resistant and high-performance composite materials.

An add-on weaving method, a device based on this method, 3D fabric items producible by this method and device, and composite materials reinforced with such 3D fabric items. The 3D fabric items are produced directly by the add-on weaving process using Complementary Fabric, warp yarns and weft yarns. The interacting woven fabric produced by interlacing the warp and weft yarns is simultaneously integrated with the Complementary Fabric used. The Complementary Fabric and interacting woven fabric integrate in mutual through-thickness directions at their intersecting planes and create directly 3D fabric items which are useful for manufacturing delamination resistant and high-performance composite materials.