A photo-selective light spectrum-modifying net for use in citrus fruit production, the net comprising a woven array of parallel and mutually spaced first threads and an array of parallel and mutually spaced second threads, the second threads being inclined to the first threads to define an array of openings between the first and second threads, wherein the first threads are uncolored and composed of a first polymer which is selected from a polymer incorporating a white pigment or dye, a transparent polymer or a translucent polymer, and the second threads are colored red and composed of a second polymer which incorporates a red pigment or dye, the second threads being adapted to transmit, scatter and reflect electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of from 640 to 680 nm. Also disclosed is a method of producing citrus fruit using the net.

The invention relates to a yarn (1) for screening applications, especially for screening applications preventing solar heat while transmitting solar light, a fabric obtained from the yarn, and a manufacturing method thereof. The yarn (1) consists of at least one polyester outer yarn (5) wound on a polyester core yarn (2). The manufacturing method keeps the core and outer yarns at certain temperatures for certain durations after the core and outer yarns have been twisted.

A fabric includes two parallel selvages, and can be wound onto itself in at least one winding direction running parallel or perpendicular to said parallel selvages. The fabric is to be kept taut and includes a support layer that has a front face and a rear face. The fabric includes at least two sheets, i.e. a first sheet and a second sheet, one of which is arranged on top of the other and which consist of reinforcement threads, said sheets being arranged on the rear face, and the reinforcement threads extending at angles of 5 to 85 relative to the winding direction, with said angles being symmetrical in relation to the winding direction.

A knitted spacer fabric has a tightly knitted bottom layer, a more loosely knitted upper layer and linking fibres extending across the space between the lower and upper faces. Settable material, e.g. cement, is introduced into the space between the upper and lower faces and can be caused to set by the addition of a liquid, e.g. water. Until set, the fabric is flexible and can be shaped but after the material in space has set, the fabric is rigid and can be used as a structural element in a wide range of situations. The bottom layer has an extension that extends beyond the upper face and is connected to the upper face by elastic connecting fibres that draw the extension towards the other face, thereby at least partly closing the space at the edge of the cloth and preventing the settable material from spilling out. In addition, the packing of the settable material and maximum space between the faces are such that only a predetermined amount of liquid can be accommodated within the space and that amount is matched to the water required to set the cement.

Disclosed is an anti-weed sheet manufactured by forming webs. The web is formed of polyolefin-based staple fibers which are at least one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene staple fibers, polypropylene staple fibers, and polyisobutylene staple fibers. The sheet is bonded integrally by the needle punching by forming the webs, and the needle punching is performed in the order of pre-needle punching, low-speed needle punching, high-speed needle punching and low-speed needle punching to uniformly bridging the surface and the inside of the formed webs and improve a binding force. At least one surface of the sheet is modified by heat treatment through hot air or a heating drum.

A task is to provide a multilayer-structure cloth having excellent water vapor permeability, lightweight properties, stretchability, and thinness, and a method for producing the same and a fiber product. The task is attained by laminating a resin film on single circular knitted fabric which comprises a non-crimped synthetic fiber multifilament having a total fineness of 44 dtex or less, and which has a knitting density that is 45 to 130 course/2.54 cm and 55 to 120 wales/2.54 cm to obtain a multilayer-structure cloth.

A greenhouse screen strips of film material that are interconnected by a yarn system of transverse threads and longitudinal threads by means of knitting, warp-knitting or weaving process to form a continuous product, wherein at least some of the strips comprise a film material in the form of a single- or multilayer polyester film is disclosed. The film material has a transparency of at least 93.5% and is provided with at least a first anti-reflective coating or layer on a first side of the film material.

Provided is a nonwoven material as base interlining in sarking, roofing, or coated sealing membrane with an improved isotropy of the material. The nonwoven material comprises a spunbond nonwoven of polyester filaments. The nonwoven has a tensile strength ratio of the specific tensile strength MD to the specific tensile strength CD between 1 and 1.5. The nonwoven material for bituminous roofing membranes has a preferential thermal dimensional stability (TDS), as well as a preferential thermal shrinkage behaviour. Further, a method is provided to manufacture a nonwoven material with an improved mechanical homogeneity. In addition, a bituminous roofing product comprising a nonwoven material according to the invention is provided. The bituminous roofing product is preferably a bituminous roofing membrane.

Methods of producing a graphic mesh for a solar module are described in which mesh parameters such as warp fiber thickness, weft fiber thickness, and open area size are determined to meet a target energetic efficiency and a chromatic effectiveness. In some embodiments, chromatic effectiveness is based on mesh count, where the mesh count is set according to a distance at which the mesh will be viewed when assembled into the solar module. The mesh has a plurality of warp fibers having the warp fiber thickness and a plurality of weft fibers having the weft fiber thickness, that are interlaced to form a plurality of mesh unit cells. A graphic appearance is printed into the mesh using a coloring substance, where the coloring substance is absorbed by the fiber material to form the graphic mesh.

The invention provides for a method of delaying and reducing texture reversion of a textured artificial turf yarn (145), characterized by using a stretched and textured monofilament yarn as the textured artificial turf yarn, the stretched and textured monofilament yarn comprising a polymer mixture (400, 500), wherein the polymer mixture is at least a three-phase system, wherein the polymer mixture comprises a first polymer (402), a second polymer (404), and a compatibilizer (406), wherein the first polymer and the second polymer are immiscible, wherein the first polymer forms polymer beads (408) surrounded by the compatibilizer within the second polymer.