Fabrics and garments are disclosed that have dual protection against flash fires and electrical arc flashes. The fabrics can be made from spun yarns containing an intimate blend of fibers. The fibers contained in each yarn can include modacrylic fibers, cellulose fibers, polyamide fibers, and inherently flame resistant fibers.

A yarn comprising a plurality of bicomponent filaments having a first region comprising a first polymer composition and a second region comprising a second polymer composition, each of the first and second regions being distinct in the bicomponent filaments; each bicomponent filament comprising 5 to 60 weight percent of the first polymer composition and 95 to 40 weight percent of the second polymer composition; wherein the first polymer composition comprises aramid polymer containing 0.5 to 20 weight percent discrete homogeneously dispersed carbon particles and the second polymer composition comprises modacrylic polymer being free of discrete carbon particles; the yarn having a total content of 0.1 to 5 weight percent discrete carbon particles.

Disclosed herein is spun yarn and a method of preparing the same. The spun yarn includes carbon staple fibers including about 97 wt % or more of carbon, and thermoplastic resin fibers. The spun yarn includes carbon staple fibers prepared from scrap generated during manufacture of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic products, and can have good mechanical properties and conductivity.

A ring composite spinning method based on film filamentization is provided, which belongs to a textile technical field. According to the method, a film cutting drafting device is arranged above each drafting system on a ring spinning machine for cutting film material into ribbon-shaped multi-filaments to achieve the film filamentization, which changes a conventional formation of filament through linear spraying by spinneret orifices; then the multi-filaments formed pass through first and second filament drafting zones in sequence for drawing, so as to enhance and attenuate the multi-filaments. After in drawing, the multi-filaments are twisted with conventional staple fibers to form a composite yarn with high quality and functions, achieving one-step production of composite yarns of nano-micro fibers without online combination of nanofibers spinning and ring staple spinning, thereby breaking restriction of low bulk and low-speed production of nano-spun fibers and integrating film industry with textile industry.

The invention addresses the problem of providing a cloth that is excellent not only in flame retardancy and antistatic properties but also in appearance quality and preferably also has protection performance against electric arcs, a method for producing the same, and a textile product. A means for resolution is a cloth including a meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber and an electrically conductive fiber, wherein both the meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber and the electrically conductive fiber are colored.

The present disclosure provides a knitting apparatus, including: a frame; a primary yarn guide mounted on the frame; a primary yarn control rod connected to the primary yarn guide; a secondary yarn guide mounted on the frame; a secondary yarn control rod connected to the secondary yarn guide; a needle plate provided at lower ends of the primary yarn guide and the secondary yarn guide; a control cam separately drives the primary yarn control rod to control the primary yarn guide to move, and drives the secondary yarn control rod to control the secondary yarn guide to move; a tension spring connected to the control cam; and an electromagnet. A magnetic force of the electromagnet drives the tension spring to extend and retract, and further drives the control cam to rotate up and down.

A hybrid fiber cord includes a first yarn and a second yarn. The first yarn has a first ply length, a first twist number, and a first elongation at break. The second yarn has a second length greater than the first length, a second twist number, and a second elongation at break that is less than the first elongation at break. The first yarn and the second yarn have the same cord twist. The hybrid fiber cord has a third elongation at break that is greater than the second elongation at break.

A yarn is disclosed, including a blend of: 33-75 wt. % of a flame resistant fiber having a limit of oxygen index of 43%, a thermal conductivity of 0.0044 watt/meter/K and a moisture regain of 12%; 10-40 wt. % of an aramid fiber; and up to 36% of a wearability enhancing fiber selected from wool, flame resistant rayon and lyocell. The yarn is: (a) free of thermoplastics; (b) sufficiently flame resistant such that a fabric consisting of the yarn is effective to limit a body burn percentage resulting from 4 seconds of flame exposure to less than 35% as measured by ASTM F1930; and (c) sufficiently opaque to infrared light such that a measured temperature difference is less than 5 C. between a background at 22 C. and a 250 g/m.sup.2 fabric of the yarn on a 37 C. body. Flame resistant and thermal camouflage fabrics and garments including the inventive yarn are also disclosed.

The present application relates to a hybrid cord including a bio-based nylon primarily twisted yarn. According to the present application, while including a primarily twisted yarn including bio-based nylon having a higher modulus compared to chemical-based nylon, there is provided a hybrid cord and has elongation and fatigue resistance equivalent to or higher than commercially required levels (i.e., the level that the cord including a conventional chemical-based nylon primarily twisted yarn has).

A system for continuously humidifying a textile electrode during its use by a human is disclosed. The electrode can be part of a garment or textile where the textile electrode is positioned against the skin. A reservoir positioned against the electrode and opposite the user's skin can be made from a material with hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, such as natural wool or a skincore material. The reservoir receives and retains moisture from the user's skin through the electrode, as well as from a pre-wetting of the exposed user-facing side of the electrode. A seal can surround the reservoir and the electrode, with the seal extending beyond electrode. The seal can be a patch with heat activated adhesive at the edge to flow the textile to form a moisture barrier around the electrode. An electrical contact on the electrode can connect conductive wires from outside the seal to the electrode.