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AssigneeTape Weaving Sweden AB
InventorNandan Khokar
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A variety of textile materials comprising tapes oriented in two oblique orientations relative to the textile's length and width directions, called OFT for Oblique Fibre Textiles, are disclosed. Such OFTs are provided with secondary structural integrity/stability, in addition to primary structural integrity/stability, for improved resistance to formation of openings/gaps. OFTs comprising tapes, particularly Spread Fibre and Highly Drawn Polymeric types, are needed in a number of applications such as ballistic mitigation, composite materials, safety products etc. because they provide improved performance, material properties/functions and aesthetics. Such OFTs can be used either independently or in combination with other textile materials. Different types of OFTs are producible by a novel OFT forming process which is technically unlike weaving and braiding processes.
A fabric comprising tapes, wherein a first set and a second set of tapes are arranged in an intersecting and overlapping fashion, the tapes of the first set and the second set being structurally linked with each other, wherein all the tapes are arranged in oblique orientations in relation to the fabric length direction, said fabric further comprising, at least in a middle part of said fabric, a plurality of connection points or connection areas connecting at least some of the overlapping tapes of the first and second set together.
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