Multi-filament microcables are used in place of the traditional monofilament wires as the constituent elements of a woven or braided band. This enhances the function and manufacturability of such bands for various applications, such as orthopaedic applications including sternotomy closures.

A tie down ratchet and strap includes, a ratchet shaft rotatably mounted in a ratchet body having a slot for receiving a wind-up strap therethough, a pair of ratchet wheels mounted on the ratchet shaft, a ratchet handle with a pawl engaging the ratchet wheels to rotate the ratchet shaft, a locking bar securing the ratchet wheels and ratchet shaft in position when the pawl is disengaged from the ratchet wheels, an anchor strap with a connector for securing the ratchet assembly to a first anchor point, and a wind-up strap including a non-metallic fabric strap with a braided metal outer cover extending continuously over the length of the non-metallic fabric strap.

For a woven fabric (20) with an additional thread (30, 34) laid out in a zigzag shape, in order to ensure in certain cases that the zigzag thread (30, 34) has its zigzag tip (38) always at the same position over the length of the woven fabric, it is proposed that the weft thread (24) is introduced at certain points in the woven fabric (20) in a floating manner over a plurality of adjacent warp threads (21) and that the feed needle (32, 36) is introduced or inserted into the woven fabric (20) at least at one side of the zigzag laid cover thread (30, 34) at several laying points or at all laying points where the weft thread (24) is floating over several adjacent warp threads (21). The cover thread (30, 34) is positioned at the inside of the zigzag shape.

The invention relates to a method for producing large stainless steel meshes on flatbed knitting machines, comprising the steps of providing stainless steel wire and knitting a stainless steel mesh, characterized in that one stainless steel mesh each is knitted on the front and the rear needle bed of the flatbed knitting machine at the same time, and these two stainless steel meshes are linked to each other on one side by connecting stitches.

It is disclosed a textile fabric comprising a first set of electrically conductive and externally isolated yarns (22) separated by isolating textile yarns (24); a second set of non-isolated conductive yarns (23); a plurality of textile yarns interlacing the first and the second set of yarns (22, 23), wherein part of the interlacing textile yarns are non-isolated conductive yarns (23) in order to form an electrical grounding grid with the non-isolated conductive yarns (23) of the second set of yarns and part of the interlacing textile yarns are isolating textile yarns (24).

An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a longitudinal axis, the elongated tubular member comprising at least one knitted filament forming a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending circumferentially between radially adjacent twisted knit stitches. Each twisted knit stitch may be interconnected with a longitudinally adjacent twisted knit stitch forming a series of linked stitches. The elongated tubular member may be configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein in the collapsed configuration the series of linked stitches form longitudinal columns and in the expanded configuration the series of linked stitches extend helically around the elongated tubular member.

The present disclosure discloses alloy filament and simple yarn blending equipment and a process, and belongs to the technical field of textiles. The equipment comprises a machine head, a machine body, a machine tail, and a computer control box arranged on one side of the machine head; and an upper roller, a first covering spindle, a second covering spindle, a heat setting box, a lower roller, and a winding device are sequentially arranged in the machine body from top to bottom. The equipment is technically modified through the solution to achieve completion of the procedures such as covering, twisting, spooling and the like of the yarn on one piece of equipment, the yarn is integrally formed, the process is the first in China, and is equivalent to a chip in the spinning industry, the labor as well as time and energy are saved, and economic efficiency is greatly improved.

A flexible wire comprises a conductive core surrounded by one or more radial p-n diodes and alternating conductive and non-conductive bands along an outermost surface. Methods for producing the wire are also disclosed, as are textiles and other flexible materials comprising or consisting of such flexible wires.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a non-rectangular noble metal net (5) on flat bed knitting machines, comprising the steps of providing noble metal wire or noble metal alloy wire providing combustible yarn knitting a net (5) using noble metal wire or noble metal alloy wire for the reaction zone (7), wherein combustible yam is used for the offcut area (9), which is singed off or otherwise removed after the knitting process.

Provided is a fire resistant yarn, the yarn comprises, based on the total weight of yarn, 4-20% by weight of modified polyphenylene sulfide fiber, and 35-90% by weight of modified acrylic fiber, wherein the modified polyphenylene sulfide is a polyphenylene sulfide which is at least partially sulphonylated, sulfoxidated, or a combination thereof. Provided further is a fire resistant fabric, the fabric comprises, based on the total weight of the fabric, 4-20% by weight of modified polyphenylene sulfide fiber, and 35-90% by weight of modified acrylic fiber, wherein the modified polyphenylene sulfide is a polyphenylene sulfide which is at least partially sulphonylated, sulfoxidated, or a combination thereof. Provided further is a garment and a fire resistant workwear comprising the fire resistant fabric according to the present disclosure.