A zipper-type circuit fabric and smart clothes composed thereof include a clothes body. The clothes body is made of waterproof conductive fabric body. The waterproof conductive fabric body includes a plurality of conductive wires and conductive contacts. Rectangular elongated conductive media and folded conductive media are arranged inside the conductive wires so that the conductive media are stable and ductile. The clothes body is further provided with a waterproof zipper body. The zipper teeth on the waterproof zipper body are all electrically connected to the conductive wires. When the zipper body is closed, a metal probe on a zipper tooth is placed into a connecting slot so that the left and right sides of the clothes body form a closed circuit. The clothes body can be connected to glove bodies and includes a plurality of flexible sensors internally.

A self-cleaning woven wire screening or screen for classifying material. The screening includes a plurality interwoven warp and weft wires forming a plurality of openings in a screen section through which materials to be classified can pass through. The weft wires are preferably configured so that the high points or raised knuckles of the weft wires have a larger diameter, cross-sectional height or thickness than previously possible. Preferably, one or more of weft wires have a configuration that prolongs operational life of the screen or screening and obviates the need for protective encasement blocks (e.g., polyurethane encasement blocks) encasing the weft wires.

An electromagnetic protection sheath made of textile (10) is formed by conductive filaments extending in a first direction (X) and non-conductive filaments interlaced with the conductive filaments. Use in particular for shielding cables in aeronautical applications.

An electromagnetic protection sheath made of textile (10) is formed by conductive filaments extending in a first direction (X) and non-conductive filaments interlaced with the conductive filaments. Use in particular for shielding cables in aeronautical applications.

In a method of forming a synthetic resin structure integral with two-dimensional steel fabric, a warp and woof are made from a steel metal, and these wires are woven in a planar configuration to provide a two-dimensional steel fabric which is then pressed into a flat structure. Two flat structures are set at a metallic mold die, into which a synthetic resin is injected so as to form a synthetic resin body integral with the flat structures. This makes it possible to secure a sufficient space between the flat structures, and spread the synthetic resin fully into the flat structures so as to reinforce a surface of the synthetic resin body with durability and high rigidity. Through the toughness, strength and price of the steel metal, it is possible to provide a marketability with products manufactured by using the present method.

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.

An electrostatic power generation fiber comprising a thread-shaped core that comprises a conductive component; a charge building-inducting-tunneling layer on the core that comprises a contact electrification material. An embodiment of the present invention is directed to an electrostatic power generation fiber comprising: (a) a thread-shaped core that comprises a conductive component; and (b) a charge building-inducting-tunneling layer on the core that comprises a contact electrification material; wherein electrical charge, formed via contact electrification of the charge building-inducting-tunneling layer, travels along the core, which during electrostatic power generation the core is a constituent of an electrical network.

Embodiments disclosed herein provide approaches for attaching scan control and other electronic chips to textiles, e.g., on a loom as part of a real-time manufacturing process.

Some embodiments are directed to a preform including reinforcing fibres and shape memory alloy (SMA) wires, a composite material including a polymer matrix with a preform embedded therein, articles including a composite material, methods of making preforms, composite materials and articles.

A fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composite structure incorporates a woven preform containing tows of carbon or other advanced fibres and wires of shape memory alloy (SMA). The SMA wires are capable of absorbing much larger amounts of strain energy than the conventional components of FRP composites and hence enhance the impact resistance of the structure. The woven form incorporates the SMA into the structure in an optimum manner in terms of handling and performance.