A woven geotextile fabric utilizes a plurality of yarns including machine direction field yarns, cross machine direction field yarns, machine direction rib yarns, and cross machine direction rib yarns. The plurality of yarns is integrally woven together. The machine direction rib yarns and the cross machine direction rib yarns cooperatively define an integrated geotextile grid integrally within the woven geotextile fabric. The machine direction field yarns and the cross machine direction field yarns cooperatively define fabric areas in a field of the integrated geotextile grid generally between the machine direction rib yarns and the cross machine direction rib yarns.

Recyclable tufted fabrics and methods of preparing the same are provided. In particular, the recyclable tufted fabric includes a fabric backing, a plurality of yarns tufted through the fabric backing such that a pile is provided at a first surface of the fabric backing and a plurality of yarn loops are provided at a second surface of the fabric backing, and a liquid adhesive that anchors the plurality of yarn loops to the second surface of the fabric backing.

Recyclable tufted fabrics and methods of preparing the same are provided. In particular, the recyclable tufted fabric includes a fabric backing, a plurality of yarns tufted through the fabric backing such that a pile is provided at a first surface of the fabric backing and a plurality of yarn loops are provided at a second surface of the fabric backing, and a liquid adhesive that anchors the plurality of yarn loops to the second surface of the fabric backing.

Sediment-control fences designed to withstand hydrostatic forces associated with elevated backwater against the fence are disclosed. The fences are made of anisotropic fabric having different mechanical properties such as strength and stiffness in the machine direction versus the transverse direction. The anisotropic fabric may include fibrillated yarns in one direction and monofilaments in another direction. The sediment-control fences may be used without the necessity of wire or chain-link backed supports that are conventionally used to resist structural failure due to hydraulic overtopping of the fences.

A multi-layer ballistic woven fabric, including an upper woven layer having upper warp yarns and upper weft yarns that are interwoven together to form the upper woven layer. The multi-layer ballistic woven fabric also includes a lower woven layer having lower warp yarns and lower weft yarns that are interwoven together, and a plurality of securing yarns, each securing yarn interwoven with at least some of the upper yarns and some of the lower yarns so as to secure the upper and lower woven layers together. At least one of the securing yarns is woven underneath a first lower weft yarn, then above a second upper weft yarn adjacent the first lower weft yarn, then underneath a third lower weft yarn adjacent the second upper weft yarn and then above a fourth upper weft yarn adjacent the third lower weft yarn. The multi-layer ballistic woven fabric is formed by interweaving the securing yarns with the warp yarns and weft yarns as the upper woven layer and lower woven layer are made.

A stretchable window includes: a first material extending in a first direction and a second material extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction. The first material and the second material are interwoven, the first material has a first modulus, and the second material has a second modulus. The first modulus has a value in a range of about 0.1 Mpa to about 500 Mpa and the second modulus has a value in a range of about 1 Gpa to about 50 Gpa.

A stretchable window includes: a first material extending in a first direction and a second material extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction. The first material and the second material are interwoven, the first material has a first modulus, and the second material has a second modulus. The first modulus has a value in a range of about 0.1 Mpa to about 500 Mpa and the second modulus has a value in a range of about 1 Gpa to about 50 Gpa.

A thermal management system.

A thermal management system.

An industrial fabric (30, 40, 45) is provided, in particular for transporting a nonwoven web while producing same, having a product side (PS), which is in contact with the nonwoven, and a machine side (MS), which is in contact with transport devices of a system (1) for producing the nonwoven. The fabric (30, 40, 45) has MD threads (32, 33, 43, 44, 48, 50), which run in the running direction of the nonwoven web, and CMD threads (31, 41, 42, 52), which run perpendicularly to the MD threads, said threads being woven together. At least two layers of MD threads (32, 33, 43, 44, 48, 50) are provided which are stacked one over the other in pairs and form product contact MD threads (32, 43, 50) and non-product contact MD threads (33, 44, 48). At least the material of each product contact MD thread (32, 43, 50) facing the product side (PS) forms a contact angle, measured according to the Wilhelmy plate method, of at least 80°, preferably at least 90°, more preferably at least 100°. In order to prevent the adhesion of threads to the fabric (30, 40, 45) and in order to reduce the air permeability, the fabric has a single layer of CMD threads (31, 41, 42, 52), and the cross-section of each product contact MD thread (32, 43, 50) has at least two regions, a first region of which is formed of the first material and a second region of which is formed of the second material. A substantial proportion, preferably a predominant proportion, of a tensile force acting on each product contact MD thread (32, 43, 50) can be transmitted from the second region, and the cross-section of the product contact MD threads (32, 43, 50) have a second region in the form of a core (61) and a first region in the form of a casing (62) which surrounds the core (61). The product MD threads (32, 43, 50) are preferably coextruded or are extruded in two successive steps. The MD threads (32, 33, 43, 44, 48, 50) have a flattened cross-section, preferably a rectangular cross-section, wherein a ratio of a height of the cross-section to a width of the cross-section preferably ranges from 1:1.2 to 1:10, preferably from 1:1.5 to 1:4. The invention further relates to a method for producing a nonwoven and to the use of an industrial fabric (30, 40, 45).