Braided composite yarns including one or more functional components such as conductors and one or more structural components such as para-aramid fibers, and methods of manufacture therefor. Bundles of at least one functional component and at least one structural component undergo simultaneous parallel winding under tension onto a single bobbin prior to braiding, thus reducing the mechanical loading forces on the functional components in the final yarn. The yarns can be engineered with application-specific electrical, electronic, electromagnetic, or physical properties that enable their use as electronic components or sensors, and attached to or incorporated into active textiles and composite substrates. The yarns can be directly soldered to without prior removal of insulation or other yarn components. Some yarns, such as those for use as inductors, can include a core with desired electrical properties.

A weaved fabric, a weaving method, and a soft component of a speaker made from the weaved fabric or fabric manufactured by the weaving method are provided. The weaved fabric has multiple larger meshes and multiple smaller meshes and each one of the larger meshes is surrounded by six smaller meshes. The weaving method can manufacture a fabric with the larger meshes and the smaller meshes. With the yarns forming the larger meshes and the smaller meshes and the larger meshes and the smaller meshes forming a resilience structure, the resilience and evenness of the fabrics are improved and the porosity of the fabrics is higher. Therefore, with a soft component made from the fabrics, tensions on the fabrics may keep even during working, and the amplitudes in the positive direction and the negative direction are more symmetrical.

A weaved fabric, a weaving method, and a soft component of a speaker made from the weaved fabric or fabric manufactured by the weaving method are provided. The weaved fabric has multiple larger meshes and multiple smaller meshes and each one of the larger meshes is surrounded by six smaller meshes. The weaving method can manufacture a fabric with the larger meshes and the smaller meshes. With the yarns forming the larger meshes and the smaller meshes and the larger meshes and the smaller meshes forming a resilience structure, the resilience and evenness of the fabrics are improved and the porosity of the fabrics is higher. Therefore, with a soft component made from the fabrics, tensions on the fabrics may keep even during working, and the amplitudes in the positive direction and the negative direction are more symmetrical.

A composite low-twist towel that is formed of three parts: terry yarn, ground warp yarn and weft yarn. The ground warp yarn and the weft yarn are normal towel yarns and the terry yarn is a composite low-twist yarn. The composite low-twist yarn is composed of two yarns of different thickness, among them, the spun yarn is synthetic fiber spun yarn or filament yarn, and the thick yarn is the pure cotton yarn or the blended yarn of pure cotton and other fibers. The composite low-twist yarn is made into a warp beam through warping and sizing. Then, it interweaves with ground warp yarns and weft yarns through a towel loom or warp loom to form terry fabrics.

A knitted fabric structure that includes a piezoelectric yarn having a piezoelectric material that produces a surface potential by input of an external force from an outside of the piezoelectric yarn; and an elastic yarn having stretchability knitted together with the piezoelectric yarn, wherein the piezoelectric yarn has a mixing ratio of 5% or more based on a whole of the knitted fabric structure.

A wrappable sleeve for routing and protecting an elongate member, against exposure to high temperature, abrasion, fluid ingress, and contamination, has a multilayered wall extending widthwise between opposite edges and extending lengthwise along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The wall includes a textile outer layer, a textile inner layer, and an intermediate layer sandwiched between the outer layer and the inner layer. The intermediate layer includes a textile intermediate layer facing the textile inner layer and a silicone-based layer facing the textile outer layer.

A technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a non-coated fabric for airbags and a coated fabric for airbags that are both less likely to have yarn slippage after being sewn, and that can be compactly stored; and airbags using these fabrics. The fabric for airbags according to the present invention is a non-coated fabric for airbags or a coated fabric for airbags that both have a crimp ratio of 12% or more in the warp direction, and a crimp ratio of 61 or less in the weft direction.

A technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a non-coated fabric for airbags and a coated fabric for airbags that are both less likely to have yarn slippage after being sewn, and that can be compactly stored; and airbags using these fabrics. The fabric for airbags according to the present invention is a non-coated fabric for airbags or a coated fabric for airbags that both have a crimp ratio of 12% or more in the warp direction, and a crimp ratio of 61 or less in the weft direction.

The present invention provides a textile product and a method of manufacturing thereof, the textile product being applicable also to a target product having a complicated shape because an electric/electronic function is given to the textile product. The present invention is a textile product manufactured by using a knitted or woven fabric, wherein the knitted or woven fabric comprises a knitted or woven filamentous electronic-function member in at least part of the knitted or woven fabric, wherein the electronic-function member comprises a core portion comprising at least two metal wires, an insulating layer that covers the at least two metal wires so as to expose part of the at least two metal wires, and an electronic-function portion electrically conducted to each of the at least two metal wires and a sheath portion comprising a knitted fabric that covers the core portion, and wherein a yarn containing thermoplastic resin is included in at least part of the knitted fabric of the electronic-function member, and/or the yarn containing thermoplastic resin is interwoven with the electronic-function member.

A method of preparing a fibrous preform for use in a ceramic matrix composite comprises coiling a serving yarn around a ceramic tow to form a served tow, the serving yarn comprising a polymer material with embedded ceramic particles, incorporating the served tow into a woven fabric, the woven fabric comprising a plurality of served tows, and removing the polymer material of the serving yarn such that the embedded ceramic particles remain in the woven fabric.