EP2207927B1 - Produit textile basé sur un élément métallique avec stabilité améliorée dans le sens de la largeur - Google Patents

Produit textile basé sur un élément métallique avec stabilité améliorée dans le sens de la largeur Download PDF

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EP2207927B1
EP2207927B1 EP08759651.6A EP08759651A EP2207927B1 EP 2207927 B1 EP2207927 B1 EP 2207927B1 EP 08759651 A EP08759651 A EP 08759651A EP 2207927 B1 EP2207927 B1 EP 2207927B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
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    • D04B21/00—Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B21/14—Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threads; Fabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes
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    • D10B2403/0241—Fabric incorporating additional compounds enhancing mechanical properties
    • D10B2403/02411—Fabric incorporating additional compounds enhancing mechanical properties with a single array of unbent yarn, e.g. unidirectional reinforcement fabrics
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  • the present invention relates to textile products and methods of making the same.
  • the present invention relates to metal element based textile products having improved performance in terms of properties, processability and end application purposes compared to conventional metal element based products and methods of making the same.
  • Metal element based textile products and their use for reinforced articles have been extensively described in the prior art.
  • An example of such textile product is exemplified in WO 2005/118263 describing metal cord based technical textile products with in warp direction parallel metal cord and in weft direction parallel textile yarns or fibers.
  • composite fabrics comprising the metal based textile product are subjected to a temperature and/or pressure sufficient to cause a polymeric material, optionally containing polymer fillers and/or short/long reinforcing fires (such as glass, aramid, carbon, ceramic, . .. ), to flow and fill the interstices between the metal filaments.
  • a polymeric material optionally containing polymer fillers and/or short/long reinforcing fires (such as glass, aramid, carbon, ceramic, . .. )
  • polymer fillers and/or short/long reinforcing fires such as glass, aramid, carbon, ceramic, . ..
  • a more preferred metal element based textile product for preparing reinforced articles would be a textile product having a stable structure during the processing whereby the textile product retains its parallel arrangement and geometry.
  • a highly preferred metal element based textile product would be a textile product which maintains its properties in further production steps of manufacturing the reinforced article such as wet impregnation characteristics and processability towards laminating, extrusion, pultrusion, reaction injection moulding, injection, resin transfer moulding, resin infusion and compression moulding.
  • a 1 tex yarn is a yarn that weighs 1 gram per 1000 m. This addition reduces the free reachable surface of metal cord, or in other words, generates a shielding effect, resulting in inferior impregnation, less adhesion and reduced impact resistance.
  • FIGs 1a and 1b a geotextile fabric is displayed with 'parallel synthetic warp threads 30' crossing 'parallel synthetic weft threads 28' that are held together with 'knit yarn stitch bonding'.
  • the bonding appears (see Figures 1a and 1b ) to hold the 'warp threads 30' between the legs of the stitches and the underlaps of the stitches.
  • the underlap of the stitches spans between two stitch lines (tricot binding).
  • the warp threads are synthetic threads and not metal elements.
  • the number of warp threads is equal to the number of stitch lines.
  • An object of the present invention is the provision of an improved metal element based textile product for preparing reinforced articles and a method of making the same.
  • the metal element based textile product of the present invention allows improved processing and improved performance as compared to conventional metal element based textile products.
  • the present invention is related to a textile product comprising a layer of elongate metal elements such as metal cords that are configured in a parallel array and are held in this arrangement, e.g. during subsequent processing, by an array of stitches that hold the metal elements by including, trapping, capturing or encasing each metal element between the legs of the stitch and the underlap of the stitch.
  • the overlaps or underlaps span between at least two stitch lines. This provides widthwise stability of the metal elements.
  • the textile product can additionally comprise a layer of fibers, said layer of fibers can be either parallel to the metal elements or have an angle with respect to the layer of metal elements in the plane of that layer.
  • the additional fibers can be bound with the same array of stitches as the metal elements, either between the legs of the stitch and the underlap the same as the first layer of metal elements, or only by the underlaps of subsequent stitches.
  • the textile product can additionally comprise a second array of stitches, that are formed synchronously with the first, and can be obtained by separate yarns.
  • the second layer of stitches may bind a different array of metal elements or fibers to the first array of stitches, or may bind the same metal elements as the first array of stitches. Additionally, the second layer of stitches may bind the metal or fiber elements either between the legs of the stitch and the underlap the same as the first layer of metal elements, or only by the underlaps of subsequent stitches.
  • Additional arrays of stitches and parallel arrays of metal elements and fibers can be incorporated in the structure.
  • the limit of elements in the structure depends on the machine configuration. Essentially, there should be one guiding mechanism for each array of stitches, one guiding mechanism for each array of parallel elements, and the physical limitations of the machine, such as the size of the needle and distance between the needles, must be matched with the dimension of the yarns used in the various arrays of stitch as well as with the layers of metal and fiber elements.
  • the metal elements e.g. metal cords may be substantially parallel to each other and the fibers may be substantially parallel to each other.
  • the angle between the layer of metal elements and the layer of fibers may be any angle from 0° to 90°.
  • the array of stitches may have at least a primary path of insertion in one direction. Further, it may have at least a primary path of insertion in one direction along one or more or preferably substantially all metal elements. It may consist of closed or open loop stitches in the form of pillar stitch, tricot stitch, groper stitch, tuch stitch, sampt stitch, satin stitch and further stitches that can be envisioned where the underlap is longer. In particular the underlap may span two or more stitch lines.
  • the effect on the limitation of movement between the adjacent metal elements during further processing is progressively stronger. Accordingly, the stability of the metal elements improves as the stitch type is changed from pillar stitch, to tricot stitch, groper stitch, tuch stitch, sampt stitch, satin stitch, etc. Also the transverse modulus of the final fabric (widthwise stability) also increases in the same order. This reduces the risk of relative movement of the metal elements during processing.
  • the stitches may be obtained by a technique selected from mono-axial warp knitting, bi-axial warp knitting, raschel knitting and crochet knitting and/or mixtures thereof.
  • a textile product according to this aspect of the present invention may be used for making an article of manufacture such as but not limited to reinforced laminates, tapes, profiles, tires, tire reinforcements, impact elements (such as impact beams or curtains or bumpers), building parts or conveyor belts.
  • the present invention has the advantage of better impregnation, adhesion and impact resistance for such products.
  • the present invention also relates to a textile product comprising a layer of elongate metal elements, e.g. metal cords that are configured in a parallel array and are held in this arrangement, e.g. during subsequent processing, by an array of stitches that tightly hold the metal elements by including, capturing, encircling, entrapping, or encasing each metal element between the legs of the stitch and the underlap and overlap of the stitch.
  • the overlap of a stitch can be used to bind the metal elements when it is placed in at least 2 needles during formation, e.g. in the stitch known as a groper stitch formation. This type of stitch provides stability to the metal elements.
  • the overlap is placed in 2 needles during formation, then two stitches are formed at the same time from the same stitching element. The part of the overlap joining the two stitches together forms an angle of 90° or about 90° to the stitching line, providing additional widthwise stability.
  • the textile product can additionally comprise a layer of fibers; said layer of fibers can be either parallel to the metal elements or have an angle with respect to the layer of metal elements in the plane of that layer.
  • the additional fibers can be bound with the same array of stitches as the metal elements, either between the legs of the stitch and the underlap and overlap the same as the first layer of metal elements, or only by the underlaps of subsequent stitches.
  • the textile product can additionally comprise a second array of stitches, which are formed synchronously with the first, and can be obtained by separate yarns.
  • the second layer of stitches may bind a different array of metal elements or fibers to the first array of stitches, or may bind the same metal elements as the first array of stitches. Additionally, the second layer of stitches may bind the metal or fiber elements either between the legs of the stitch and the underlap and overlap the same as the first layer of metal elements, or only by the underlaps of subsequent stitches.
  • Additional arrays of stitches and parallel arrays of metal elements and fibers can be incorporated in the structure.
  • the limit of elements in the structure depends on the machine configuration. Essentially, there should be one guiding mechanism for each array of stitches, one guiding mechanism for each array of parallel elements, and the physical limitations of the machine, such as the size of the needle and distance between the needles, must be matched with the dimension of the yarns used in the various arrays of stitch as well as with the layers of metal and fiber elements.
  • the array of stitches may have at least a primary path of insertion in one direction. Further, it may have at least a primary path of insertion in one direction along one or more or preferably substantially all metal elements. It may consist of closed or open loop groper stitches from which a textile is constructed in the form of groper-pillar stitch, groper-tricot stitch, groper-tuch stitch, groper-sampt stitch, groper-satin stitch and further groper stitches that can be envisioned where the underlap is longer. In a similar way, the groper stitch can be formed over three needles to make 3 stitches at once.
  • the stitches may be obtained by a technique selected from mono-axial warp knitting, bi-axial warp knitting, raschel knitting and crochet knitting and/or mixtures thereof.
  • a textile product comprising a layer of elongate metal elements, e.g. metal cords, that are configured in a parallel array and are held in this arrangement, e.g. during subsequent processing, by an array of stitches in stitch lines, the metal elements be held by including, or entrapping each of the metal elements between the legs of the stitch and the underlap of the stitch, whereby there are less stitch lines than metal elements.
  • metal elements e.g. metal cords
  • This part of the invention differs from the first two in that previously the number of metal elements that were included in a single layer was the same as the number of needles on the machine.
  • This invention allows for additional metal elements into the first array of metal elements, where the metal elements are parallel and in a single plane.
  • Prior art allows addition of additional arrays but they are in different layers.
  • there are more metal or fiber elements than needles but there is no mechanism in the structures described to ensure some metal or fiber elements cannot cross-over or twist around other metal or fiber elements.
  • the number of metal elements that can be combined into a single plane that are parallel depends on the thickness of the metal elements and the warp knit or crochet machine configuration. In prior art, one metal element is incorporated in each stitch-line. The spacing between the stitch lines depends on the offset of the needles on the machine. Each additional metal element must be able to fit in between the first and subsequent metal elements, and must each have a separate guiding mechanism on the machine.
  • Additional arrays of stitches and parallel arrays of metal elements and fibers can also be incorporated in the structure.
  • the limit of elements in the structure depends on the machine configuration and relative thickness of the metal elements and fibers. Essentially, there should be one guiding mechanism for each array of stitches, one or more guiding mechanism for each array of parallel elements.
  • the physical limitations of the machine such as the size of the needle and distance of the needle, must be matched with the dimension of the yarns used in the various arrays of stitch as well as with the layers of metal and fiber elements.
  • Configuration of the stitch can include all those described in the previous aspects of the present invention mentioned above. These include tricot, tuch, sampt, satin and further stitches where the underlap is longer, as well as groper variations, including groper-pillar stitch, groper-tricot stitch, groper-tuch stitch, groper-sampt stitch, groper-satin stitch and further groper stitches that can be envisioned where the underlap is longer.
  • a simple open or closed chain stitch can also be used in addition to the metal elements to form a textile structure.
  • the stitches may be obtained by a technique selected from mono-axial warp knitting, bi-axial warp knitting, raschel knitting and crochet knitting and/or mixtures thereof.
  • an improved metal element based textile product for preparing reinforced articles.
  • the metal element based textile product of the present invention allows improved processing and improved performance as compared to conventional metal element based textile products.
  • the flow of polymer can be provided in axial or perpendicular direction with respect to the metal cords.
  • the metal cords flow with respect to the fixation points. This may cause the metal cords to lose their parallel arrangement and geometry resulting in an unstable structure which, in turn, has an impact on the further processing steps.
  • the resulting reinforced articles have inferior bending stiffness, decreased maximum force at first failure and lower impact absorption.
  • the present invention provides methods to alleviate the above by minimizing free movement of the metal cord.
  • the present invention provides a higher degree of integration of metal cord in the textile product.
  • the metal based textile product of the present invention allows, for example, to increase the performance of the textile product and the resulting reinforced article by maintaining excellent reachability and impregnation e.g. compared to additional cord stabilized textile products where reachability and impregnation, adhesion and impact resistance are reduced as a result of the increased encapsulation effect of the cord (so-called shielding effect).
  • the metal element based textile products are very suitable for the making reinforced articles especially with open reinforced structures with steel cords.
  • a problem associated with the making such reinforced articles out of these open structures is that these open structures tend to become very unstable and negatively impact the further processing of the textile product.
  • Textile products according to the present invention have increased stability of the metal cord.
  • the textile products of the present invention are easily and rapidly processed in the further production step and do not negatively influence the end properties of the resulting reinforced article.
  • underlap refers to the yarn between loops forming the stitches. Each underlap extends up (or down) one stitch.
  • the loops themselves are referred to as the "overlaps”.
  • the term "technical face” refers to the side of the fabric on which loops are formed during the knitting process.
  • the other side of the fabric is generally designated the “technical back”.
  • stitches are formed in rows and in stitch lines, the stitch lines being in the machine direction of the textile when the stitches are being formed.
  • the textile product has elongate metal elements in the warp direction as warp inlays. At least some of the warp metal elements are held together by stitches of a yarn.
  • the metal element as used in any embodiment is to be understood as a metal wire, a bundle of metal wires, a metal strand or a metal cord.
  • strands or cords are used in the textile product, preference is to be given to those strands or cords, which have a large and rough surface so as to increase the mechanical anchoring to the polymer materials after appropriate treatment, e.g. adhesive coating.
  • These cords are preferably open metal cord constructions ( U.S. Pat. No. 4,258,543 , U.S. Pat. No. 4,158,946 , U.S. Pat. No. 541,850 ) or compact cords ( U.S. Pat. No. 4,332,131 ).
  • the metal elements may have a diameter between about 0.2 and about 3 mm, between about 0.3 and about 2 mm, preferably between about 0.7 and about 1.2 mm and most preferably between about 0.9 and about 1.1 mm.
  • the metal element may be steel cord.
  • the steel cord may be CC (Compact Cord) with line contacts, LSE (Low 20 Structural Elongation) cords ( WO 2005/052557 ), layered steel cords, single strand steel cords or open steel cords.
  • Such metal element may comprise at least 2 filaments having a diameter between about 0.03 and about 0.5 mm, preferably between about 0.04 and about 0.4 mm. The number of filaments may be between 2 and 58, between 3 and 35 or between 3 and 21.
  • An open structure is to be understood as a structure in the form of a net or netting. Any metal may be used to provide the metallic elements. Preferably alloys such as high carbon steel alloys or stainless steel alloys may be used.
  • the filaments are preferably made from plain carbon steel.
  • Such a steel generally may comprise a carbon content of at least 0.40 wt % C or at least 0.70 wt % C, but most preferably at least 0.80 wt % C with a 35 maximum of 1.1 wt % C, a manganese content ranging from 0.10 to 0.90 wt % Mn, a sulphur and phosphorus content which are each preferably kept below 0.030 wt %, and additional micro-alloying elements such a chromium (up to 0.20 to 0.4 wt %), boron, cobalt, nickel, or vanadium. Also preferred are stainless steels. Stainless steels contain a minimum of 12 wt % Cr and a substantial amount of nickel.
  • austenitic stainless steels which lend themselves more to cold forming.
  • the most preferred compositions are known in the art as AISI (American Iron and Steel Institute) 25 302, AISI 301, AISI 304 and AISI 316. They can additionally be coated with adhesion promoters, corrosion protective layers and polymer coatings.
  • the tensile strength of the steel wires can range from 1500 N/mm 2 to 3000 N/mm 2 and even more, and is mainly dependent upon the composition of the steel and the diameter. Also other parameters of a strand or cord, such as the construction of the strand or cord, the number of wires and the diameters of each wire comprised in a strand or cord, the force at rupture of each wire comprised in the strand or cord, can be chosen to provide the required mechanical properties such as strength and elongation at rupture.
  • the metal cord preferably used for a textile product according to the invention are of a type which can absorb relatively high amounts of impact energy but also other metal cords may be used. Examples here are:
  • All cords as described above can be equipped with one or more spiral wrapped wires to increase the mechanical bond of the cords in the polymer matrix, and/or to bundle the n single parallel crimped or non-crimped but plastically deformed wires if the cord is provided using such parallel wires.
  • a metal element used in the context of the present invention may be a metal cord with a high elongation at fracture, i.e. an elongation exceeding 4%.
  • High elongation metal cord has more capacity to absorb energy.
  • Such a metal cord is:
  • the metal cord may be composed of one or more wires which have been plastically deformed so that they are wavy. This wavy nature additionally increases the elongation.
  • An example of a wavy pattern is a helix or a spatial crimp such as disclosed in WO-A1-99/28547 .
  • the metallic elements can be coated with a metallic coating layer such as zinc or a zinc alloy such as brass.
  • a metallic coating layer such as zinc or a zinc alloy such as brass.
  • an adhesion promoter can be applied.
  • Possible adhesion promoters are bi-functional coupling agents such as organo functional silane compounds. One functional group of these coupling agents is responsible for the binding with the metal or metal oxides; the other functional group reacts with the polymer.
  • Other suitable adhesion promoters are organo functional aluminates, organo functional zirconates or organo functional titanates.
  • Wires used as such or comprised in a strand or cord may have various cross-sections and geometries, e.g. circular, oval or flat. Within the range of wires, strands and cords, a large variety of materials can be used, dependent on the required mechanical strength. Wires having a structural deformation may also be used to provide a strand or cord. These strands or cords may form part of the textile product.
  • all metal cords may be identical, or alternatively, different metal cords may be used to provide the textile product.
  • the material used for yarns to make stitches may be fibers or yarns of any suitable type of which the following are examples: glass, poly-aramide, poly(p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole), carbon, mineral such as basalt, synthetic and natural rubber or natural yarns such as viscose, flax, cotton or hemp. It may also be metal yarn. It may be mixed with fibers or yarns of polymers like polyolefin, polyamide, thermoplastic polyester, polycarbonate, polyacetal, polysulfone, polyether ketone, polyimide or polyether fibers.
  • a textile product comprising a layer of metal elements an array of stitches characterized in that the metal elements are encased between the legs of the stitch and the underlap of the stitch.
  • a second layer (or additional layers) of stitches and metal or fiber elements is also included within the scope of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1a In a textile product according to this aspect of the present invention ( FIG. 1a ) all of the elongate metal elements (110), e.g. metal cords, are worked into the respective loop of the stitches (120).
  • the stitches (120) are tricot type, and consist of three sections, the legs (130) the head (140) and the feet (150).
  • FIG. 1a shows a schematic diagram of a textile product (100) which can be represented by stitch notation.
  • FIG. 1b is the stitch notation for the textile product (100) with an array of stitches (120) and an array of metal elements (110) where the array of stitches are closed stitches.
  • FIG. 1c is the stitch notation for the textile product (100) with an array of stitches (120) and an array of metal elements (110) where the array of stitches are open stitches.
  • FIG. 1d shows the detail of a closed stitch and FIG. 1e shows detail of an open stitch.
  • the textile product of FIG. 1a, 1b, and 1c and the stitches FIG 1d and 1e are known in the art.
  • the metal elements (110) are included, entrapped, located, captured, or encased between the legs (130) of the stitch (on the technical face) and the underlap (150) of the stitch (on the technical back). This is achieved by displacing the metal elements during the textile formation alternately from one side of a needle to the other in a synchronized way with the stitch formation.
  • the movement of the metal elements (110) relative to the array of stitches (120) can be seen in FIGS. 1b and 1c , thereby binding the metal elements (110) in position relative to the textile product formed from the array of stitches (120). This improves the stability of the metal elements.
  • the underlap (150) extends across the textile product at an angle to the metal elements (110) thus giving the textile product some resistance to transverse forces on the product. This reduces displacement of the metal cords during processing, e.g. of impact beams.
  • a second textile product according to the invention ( FIG. 2a ) all of the metal elements (210) are worked into the respective loops of the stitches (220).
  • the stitches (220) are tuch type, and consist of three sections, the legs (230), the head (240) and the feet (250). This embodiment falls outside the scope of the claims.
  • FIG. 2a shows a schematic diagram of a known textile product (200) which can be represented by stitch notation.
  • FIG. 2b is the stitch notation for the textile product (200) with an array of stitches (220) and an array of metal elements (210) where the array of stitches are closed stitches.
  • the tuch stitch can also be made with open stitches ( FIG. 2c ).
  • the metal elements (210) are encased between the legs of the stitch (230) (on the technical face) and the underlap (250) (on the technical back) of the stitch. This is achieved by displacing the metal elements during the textile formation alternately from one side of a needle to the other in a synchronized way with the stitch formation.
  • the movement of the metal element (210) relative to the array of stitches (220) can be seen in FIGS. 2b and 2c , thereby binding the metal elements (210) in position relative to the textile product formed from the array of stitches (220).
  • a tuch stitch differs from a tricot in that the underlap of a tuch stitch (250) is relatively longer than for a tricot stitch (150), i.e. it spans two stitch lines.
  • the relative angle of a tuch underlap (250) is therefore more perpendicular to the metal elements than a tricot underlap (150) with the same stitch row spacing and therefore can better limit movements of the relative position of the metal elements (210).
  • there is relatively more material in a tuch underlap (250) than a tricot underlap (150) so the amount of material perpendicular to the metal elements (210) is more in a tuch underlap (250) than a tricot underlap (150). Consequently this enhances the resistance of movement of the metal elements (210) relative to each other in a transverse direction to their axis when further processed.
  • a third textile product ( FIG. 3 ) according to the invention that does not fall under the scope of the claims all of the metal elements (310) are worked into the respective loops of the stitches (330).
  • the stitches (330) are sampt type, and consist of three sections, the legs (330) the head (340) and the feet (350).
  • a fourth textile product ( FIG. 4 ) according to the invention but that does not fall under the scope of the claims all of the metal elements (410) are worked into the loop of the stitches (440).
  • the stitches (440) are satin type, and consist of three sections, the legs (430) the head (440) and the feet (450).
  • the metal elements (310 and 410) are encased between the legs of the stitch (330 and 430) and the underlap (350 and 450) of the stitch. This is achieved by displacing the metal elements during the textile formation alternately from one side of a needle to the other in a synchronized way with the stitch formation as described previously for the first and second embodiments.
  • a textile product comprising a layer of elongate metal elements an array of stitches characterized in that the metal elements are encased between the legs of the stitch, the underlap and the overlap of the stitch.
  • Open-chain stitch ( FIG. 5a ) and open-groper-chain stitch ( FIG. 5b ) demonstrate the advantage of using groper based stitches for providing a stable textile structure.
  • the open-chain stitch stitches ( FIG. 5a ) and the open-groper-chain type ( FIG. 5b ) are known in the art.
  • the open-chain stitch stitches ( FIG. 5a ) consist of three sections, the legs (530) the head (540) and the feet (550), as for other types of stitch, including tricot and tuch.
  • the difference between chain, tricot and tuch stitches is the length and orientation of the feet, which are formed during the underlap movement.
  • the open-köper-chain type ( FIG. 5b ), also consist of legs (530), the head (540) and the feet (550), and have an additional component (560) at an angle of 90[deg.] to the stitching line.
  • This additional component is formed during the overlap movement as a consequence of placing the overlap in (at least) 2 needles during stitch formation.
  • (at least) two stitches consisting 2 heads (540) and 4 legs (530) and 2 feet (550), are formed at the same time from the same stitching element.
  • these two stitches are joined together at an angle of 90[deg.] to the stitching line by an additional component that will be called the overlap (560).
  • all of the metal elements (610) are worked into the respective loops of the stitches (620).
  • the stitches (620) are groper-chain type, and consist of four sections, the legs (630), the head (640), the feet (650) and the overlap (660).
  • the metal elements (610) are encased between the legs of the stitch (630), the underlap (650) and the overlap (660) of the stitch. This is achieved by displacing the metal elements during the textile formation alternately from one side of a needle to the other in a synchronized way with the stitch formation.
  • the movement of the metal elements (610) relative to the array of stitches (620) can be seen in FIG. 6b , thereby binding the metal elements (610) in position relative to the textile product formed from the array of stitches (620).
  • FIG. 6a shows a schematic diagram of a textile product (600) which can be represented by stitch notation.
  • FIG. 6c is the stitch notation for the said textile product (600) with an array of stitches (620) and an array of metal elements (610) where the array of stitches are open stitches.
  • all of the metal elements (710) are worked into the loop of the stitches (720).
  • the stitches (720) are open-groper-tricot type, and consist of four sections, the legs (730), the head (740) the feet (750) and the overlap (760).
  • the underlap is displaced by an additional needle in a tricot movement, so forming an angle relative to the stitch line (780) and the overlap (760)
  • Additional textile products within the scope of the present invention can be realized by combining the principle of groper stitch, namely forming two stitches from a single textile element and consequently a 90° joining element, with the principle of extending the underlap for a longer distance perpendicular to the stitching line. It may consist of closed or open loop groper stitches from which a textile is constructed in the form of groper-pillar stitch, groper-tricot stitch, groper-tuch stitch, groper-sampt stitch, groper-satin stitch and further köper stitches that can be envisioned where the underlap is longer.
  • the groper stitch can be formed over three needles to make 3 stitches at once. In the progression from groper-pillar stitch to groper-satin stitch the effect on the limitation of movement between the adjacent metal elements during further processing is progressively stronger.
  • a textile product also comprising:
  • Each metal element is held between the legs of a stitch (930) and an underlap (950), and is firmly captured by the underlap so the elements are held strongly in position.
  • FIG. 9a shows a schematic diagram of a textile product (900) which can be represented by stitch notation.
  • FIG. 9b is the stitch notation for the textile product (900) with an array of stitches (920) and an array of metal elements (910 and 912) where the array of stitches are closed stitches.
  • the principle can be extended to include more metal elements; however they cannot be incorporated from one stitch line to another in subsequent stitches.
  • one metal element is incorporated in the stitch line (1010) and two metal elements are (1011) and (1012) are incorporated between the stitch line.
  • inlays e.g. warp and/or weft inlays may included in the stitching.
  • the inlays may contribute to reinforcing the textile product in a direction perpendicular to the metal elements.
  • the inlays may be bound between the legs and the underlaps of the stitches or between the legs, the underlaps and the overlaps of the stitches.
  • the stitches and the inlay may be obtained by separated yarns (or fibers, filaments or cords) which means that, besides the layer of metal elements a textile product according to the invention may further comprise at least 2 sets of yarns and also optionally fibers.
  • the textile product can additionally comprise a layer of fibers, said layer of fibers can be either parallel to the metal elements or have an angle with respect to the layer of metal elements in the plane of that layer.
  • the additional fibers can be bound with the same array of stitches as the metal elements, either between the legs of the stitch and the underlap the same as the first layer of metal elements, or only by the underlaps of subsequent stitches.
  • the textile product can additionally comprise a second array of stitches, that are formed synchronously with the first, and can be obtained by separate yarns.
  • the second layer of stitches may bind a different array of metal elements or fibers to the first array of stitches, or may bind the same metal elements as the first array of stitches. Additionally, the second layer of stitches may bind the metal or fiber elements either between the legs of the stitch and the underlap the same as the first layer of metal elements, or only by the underlaps of subsequent stitches.
  • Additional arrays of stitches and parallel arrays of metal elements and fibers can be incorporated in the structure.
  • the limit of elements in the structure depends on the machine configuration. Essentially, there should be one guiding mechanism for each array of stitches, one guiding mechanism for each array of parallel elements, and the physical limitations of the machine, such as the size of the needle and distance of the needle, must be matched with the dimension of the yarns used in the various arrays of stitch as well as with the layers of metal and fiber elements.
  • a textile product according to the invention may further comprise at least one additional layer of metal elements and/or at least one additional layer of fibers.
  • additional layer may be incorporated in the textile product in warp direction or in well direction or may have an angle with respect to the first layer of metal elements in the plane of that layer.
  • additional metal elements and/or fibers may be incorporated in between the metal elements of a layer and/or in between the fibers of a layer.
  • a textile product according the present invention may be used for making an article of manufacture such as but not limited to reinforced laminates, tapes, profiles, tires, tire reinforcements, impact elements (such as impact beams or curtains or bumpers), building parts or conveyor belts.
  • the stitches may be obtained by a technique selected from mono-axial warp knitting, bi-axial warp knitting, raschel knitting and crochet knitting and/or mixtures thereof.
  • a preferred textile product according to the presently claimed invention may comprise a layer of metal cords.
  • the metal cords are in the warp direction as inlays.
  • the metal cords may have a diameter of between about 0.9 and between about 1.1 mm.
  • the yarns used for stitches may be aramide 1600 Tex or glass 1200 Tex.
  • the layer of metal cords is held firmly by the layer of fibers by means of suitable stitches as described above and claimed in the attached set of claims.
  • the preferred textile product has a distance between the metal cords of about 0.2 to 0.5 mm or between about 1 and 8 mm.

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  1. Produit textile comprenant une couche d'éléments métalliques allongés, où les éléments métalliques sont parallèles et dans un seul plan comprenant en outre un réseau de mailles dans des lignes de couture, les mailles ayant des boucles avec des jambes et des jetés-sous ainsi que des jetés-sur, caractérisé en ce que
    les éléments métalliques sont maintenus entre les jambes des mailles et les jetés-sous des mailles et en ce que les jetés-sur ou les jetés-sous s'étendent entre au moins deux lignes de couture et, en outre, comprenant en plus une couche de fibres, ladite couche de fibres formant un angle par rapport à la couche d'éléments métalliques dans le plan de cette couche, ladite couche supplémentaire de fibres étant reliée au même réseau de mailles que lesdits éléments métalliques, dans lequel ladite couche supplémentaire de fibres est reliée soit entre les jambes de la maille et le même jeté-sous que la couche d'éléments métalliques, soit par les jetés-sous de mailles suivantes de telle sorte qu'il y ait davantage d'éléments métalliques que de lignes de couture.
  2. Produit textile selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les éléments métalliques sont maintenus entre les jambes des mailles et les jetés-sous et les jetés-sur des mailles.
  3. Produit textile selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que tous les éléments métalliques ne sont pas inclus dans la boucle d'une maille.
  4. Produit textile selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les jetés-sur s'étendent entre au moins deux lignes de couture perpendiculaires aux éléments métalliques allongés.
  5. Poutre d'impact comprenant le produit textile selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, réalisée facultativement par stratification, extrusion, pultrusion, moulage par injection-réaction, injection, moulage par transfert de résine, infusion de résine, moulage par compression.
  6. Procédé de fabrication d'un produit textile à partir d'une couche d'éléments métalliques allongés, où les éléments métalliques sont parallèles et dans un seul plan comprenant
    - former un réseau de mailles dans des lignes de couture et avoir des jambes et des jetés-sous ainsi que des jetés-sur, lesdits éléments métalliques étant maintenus entre les jambes des mailles et les jetés-sous des mailles et les jetés-sur ou les jetés-sous s'étendent entre au moins deux lignes de couture,
    - fournir en plus une couche de fibres, ladite couche de fibres formant un angle par rapport à la couche d'éléments métalliques dans le plan de cette couche, ladite couche supplémentaire de fibres étant reliée au même réseau de mailles que lesdits éléments métalliques, dans lequel ladite couche supplémentaire de fibres est reliée soit entre les jambes de la maille et le même jeté-sous que la couche d'éléments métalliques, soit par les jetés-sous de mailles suivantes et de telle sorte que la couche comprenne davantage d'éléments métalliques que de lignes de couture.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé par la formation du réseau de mailles de telle sorte que l'élément métallique soit maintenu entre les jambes des mailles et les jetés-sous et les jetés-sur des mailles.
  8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 7, caractérisé en ce que tous les éléments métalliques ne sont pas inclus dans la boucle d'une maille.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 6, dans lequel le jeté-sur est passé dans deux aiguilles et deux mailles dans des lignes de couture adjacentes sont formées au même moment.
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 9, dans lequel un fil textile s'étend entre ces au moins deux lignes de couture de façon perpendiculaire aux éléments métalliques allongés.
  11. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 10, dans lequel les mailles sont obtenues par une technique sélectionnée parmi le tricotage chaîne monoaxial, le tricotage chaîne bi-axial, le tricotage sur métier Rachel et le tricotage au crochet, et/ou des mélanges de ces derniers.
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