A method of thermally drawing fibers containing continuous crystalline metal nanowires therein includes forming a preform comprising an inner core and an outer cladding, wherein at least one of the core and cladding has nanoelements dispersed therein. The preform is drawn through a heated zone to form a reduced size fiber. A second preform is then created from a plurality of fibers created from the reduced size fiber. The second preform is then drawn through the heated zone to form an elongated fiber containing continuous crystalline metallic nanowires therein having a maximum cross-sectional dimension of less than 100 nm. Optionally, a third or additional preforms are created from fibers made from the previous thermal drawing operation that are then drawn through the heated zone to form a fiber containing even smaller crystalline metal continuous nanowires therein. In some embodiments, only a single pass through the heated zone may be needed.

A filamentary core for an elastic composite yarn, particularly for an elastic textile composite yarn, comprising at least two elastic performance filaments, wherein each of the at least two elastic performance filaments is capable of being stretched at least about 2 times its package length and has at least 90% up to 100% elastic recovery after having being released from a stretching 2 times its package length.

A method and system for forming composite yarns having selected performance characteristics including cut resistance and/or fire/heat resistance. The composite yarn will include a core of one or more filaments and a fiber bundle wrapped about the core and integrated with one or more additional filaments that help bind the fibers about the core. An additional filament or other composite yarn can be plied together therewith to form the finished composite yarn. The core filament(s) will be selected from cut and/or fire/heat resistant materials, while the fibers of the fiber bundle and the additional filament(s) wrapped about the core can be selected from natural or synthetic fibers or filaments having additional desired properties.

The present disclosure provides composite yarn, apparatus and methods preparing thereof. The composite yarn of the present disclosure includes wrapping fibers and a central yarn that is formed by a first body yarn and a second body yarn, wherein a portion of the wrapping fibers are combined with the central yarn in at least one of the following states: a first state, a portion of the wrapping fibers wrap around the first body yarn or the second body yarn; a second state, a portion of the wrapping fibers wrap around the first body yarn and the second body yarn respectively at the same time; a third state, a portion of the wrapping fibers wrap around the central yarn. The composite yarn of the present disclosure has low twist factor and high strength, which solves the problem of severe strength loss associated with low twist factors existing in conventional low-twist techniques.

Disclosed are a production device and a production method for magnetic fiber blended conformal yarns. Fed roving includes at least two types of fiber blended roving, including magnetic fibers. By adding left and right magnets on the outer circumference of a middle roller, the magnetic fibers in first strands obtained by untwisting and drawing the roving in a rear drawing zone are dispersed within a certain width range; by adding an adsorption roller that rotates synchronously with a front rubber roller to the front part thereof, and adding an adsorption magnet to the outer circumference of a certain width of an adsorption roller, the magnetic fibers in second strands obtained by drawing the first strands in a front drawing zone are adsorbed upward, the fibers except the magnetic fibers in the second strands are strongly twisted close to the lower part of the front roller and located at the cores of final yarns, and the magnetic fibers are weakly twisted close to the upper part of the adsorption roller and located at the outer parts of the final yarns, thereby forming overall yarn structures that are tight inside but loose outside.

A method and system for forming composite yarns having selected performance characteristics including cut resistance and/or fire/heat resistance. The composite yarn will include a core of one or more filaments and a fiber bundle wrapped about the core and integrated with one or more additional filaments that help bind the fibers about the core. An additional filament or other composite yarn can be plied together therewith to form the finished composite yarn. The core filament(s) will be selected from cut and/or fire/heat resistant materials, while the fibers of the fiber bundle and the additional filament(s) wrapped about the core can be selected from natural or synthetic fibers or filaments having additional desired properties.

Disclosed are a production device and a production method for magnetic fiber blended conformal yarns. Fed roving includes at least two types of fiber blended roving, including magnetic fibers. By adding left and right magnets on the outer circumference of a middle roller, the magnetic fibers in first strands obtained by untwisting and drawing the roving in a rear drawing zone are dispersed within a certain width range; by adding an adsorption roller that rotates synchronously with a front rubber roller to the front part thereof, and adding an adsorption magnet to the outer circumference of a certain width of an adsorption roller, the magnetic fibers in second strands obtained by drawing the first strands in a front drawing zone are adsorbed upward, the fibers except the magnetic fibers in the second strands are strongly twisted close to the lower part of the front roller and located at the cores of final yarns, and the magnetic fibers are weakly twisted close to the upper part of the adsorption roller and located at the outer parts of the final yarns, thereby forming overall yarn structures that are tight inside but loose outside.

A filamentary core for an elastic composite yarn, particularly for an elastic textile composite yarn, comprising at least two elastic performance filaments, wherein each of the at least two elastic performance filaments is capable of being stretched at least about 2 times its package length and has at least 90% up to 100% elastic recovery after having being released from a stretching 2 times its package length.

A filamentary core (3) for an elastic composite yarn (1), particularly for an elastic textile composite yarn, comprising at least two elastic performance filaments (11, 13), each of the at least two elastic performance filaments capable of being stretched at least about 2 times its package length and having at least 90% up to 100% elastic recovery after having being released from a stretching 2 times its package length.

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.