Presented are automated manufacturing systems for fabricating engineered textiles, footwear and apparel formed with such engineered textiles, methods for making such engineered textiles, and memory-stored, processor-executable instructions for operating such manufacturing systems. An automated manufacturing system constructs engineered textiles from workpieces composed of superposed, unwoven wires. The system includes a movable end effector bearing a stitching head and an image capture device. The stitching head has a thread feeder and sewing needle to generate stitches. The image capture device captures images of the workpiece and outputs data indicative thereof. A system controller receives this image capture device data and locates, from the captured image of the workpiece, gaps defined between quadrangles of the superposed wires. The controller commands the end effector to sequentially move the stitching head and thereby align the sewing needle with the gaps, and commands the stitching head to insert a succession of stitches within these gaps.

In this specification, a method for the manufacture of solid dosage forms is disclosed. The method includes extruding a plasticized matrix through an exit port of an extrusion channel to form one or more plasticized fibers, structuring said fibers to a three dimensional structural network by patterning on a translating or rotating stage, and solidifying the patterned structure.

In this specification, a method for the manufacture of solid dosage forms is disclosed. The method includes extruding a plasticized matrix through an exit port of an extrusion channel to form one or more plasticized fibers, structuring said fibers to a three dimensional structural network by patterning on a translating or rotating stage, and solidifying the patterned structure.

Extensible nonwoven fabrics having improved elongation, extensibility, abrasion resistance and toughness. In particular, embodiments of the invention are directed to extensible spunbond fabrics comprising a polymeric blend of a metallocene catalyzed polypropylene, polyethylene, and a third polymer component.

Extensible nonwoven fabrics having improved elongation, extensibility, abrasion resistance and toughness. In particular, embodiments of the invention are directed to extensible spunbond fabrics comprising a polymeric blend of a metallocene catalyzed polypropylene, polyethylene, and a third polymer component.

A system for forming a non-woven, yarn structure for an engineered textile includes a jig having a plurality of upstanding pins and an automatic winding system for winding a plurality of continuous strands of yarn across the jig and around the upstanding pins. The automatic winding system includes a movement mechanism and a winding head coupled with the movement mechanism. The movement mechanism includes one or more motors that are configured to translate the winding head across a central workspace area of the jig. The winding head includes a rotatable base; a plurality of yarn guides arranged in a linear array and extending from the rotatable base, each yarn guide adapted to receive a different one of the continuous strands, and a rotation motor coupled to the rotatable base and configured to selectively rotate the base to alter an orientation of the linear array.

Presented are automated manufacturing systems for fabricating engineered textiles, footwear and apparel formed with such engineered textiles, methods for making such engineered textiles, and memory-stored, processor-executable instructions for operating such manufacturing systems. An automated manufacturing system constructs engineered textiles from workpieces composed of superposed, unwoven wires. The system includes a movable end effector bearing a stitching head and an image capture device. The stitching head has a thread feeder and sewing needle to generate stitches. The image capture device captures images of the workpiece and outputs data indicative thereof. A system controller receives this image capture device data and locates, from the captured image of the workpiece, gaps defined between quadrangles of the superposed wires. The controller commands the end effector to sequentially move the stitching head and thereby align the sewing needle with the gaps, and commands the stitching head to insert a succession of stitches within these gaps.

A method and device are disclosed for producing 3D fabrics including yarns/tows that remain in pre-tensioned condition. Further, the method and device produce 3D fabrics with features that increase the mechanical performance of produced materials which are highly suited for composite materials and impact injury mitigation applications. The method and device also provide a simple, quick and compact arrangement to produce economically both uniaxial and multiaxial types of 3D fabrics with specific dimensions and shapes in ‘middle-outwards’ manner to reduce production time by half by arranging the set of axial yarns in zigzag fashion between oppositely facing supports. The method and device aid automated production of 3D fabrics and their direct packaging to eliminate contamination of produced 3D fabrics. A 3D fabric produced in this way is also disclosed. The 3D fabric includes yarns/tows that remain in pre-tensioned condition.

A method and device are disclosed for producing 3D fabrics including yarns/tows that remain in pre-tensioned condition. Further, the method and device produce 3D fabrics with features that increase the mechanical performance of produced materials which are highly suited for composite materials and impact injury mitigation applications. The method and device also provide a simple, quick and compact arrangement to produce economically both uniaxial and multiaxial types of 3D fabrics with specific dimensions and shapes in ‘middle-outwards’ manner to reduce production time by half by arranging the set of axial yarns in zigzag fashion between oppositely facing supports. The method and device aid automated production of 3D fabrics and their direct packaging to eliminate contamination of produced 3D fabrics. A 3D fabric produced in this way is also disclosed. The 3D fabric includes yarns/tows that remain in pre-tensioned condition.

Provided is a fiber molded body which has excellent durability against repeated compression and also has excellent flexibility and a cushioning property. The fiber molded body forms, on a surface of the fiber molded body, the ridges having a compressed and flattened shape in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body; or the fiber molded body forms a continuous curved surface with the fiber layer which forms the ridges and extends from both sides of the ridges in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body, and portions of the fiber layer of mutually adjacent ridges which form ridges and extend in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body come into close contact with each other in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body.