Subassembly for industrial fabrics

A method of manufacturing a full width industrial fabric, wherein said fabric is endless in an intended machine direction of said fabric, said method comprising the steps of:

• knitting a fabric strip comprising monofilament or multifilament fibers, wherein a width of said knitted fabric strip is narrower than a width of said full width fabric;
• spirally winding said knitted fabric strip, wherein an edge of said knitted fabric strip is adjacent to an edge of a subsequently wound knitted fabric strip;
• locating knitting loops along said adjacent edges of said wound knitted fabric strip;
• and
• interlocking said knitting loops on said adjacent edges of said knitted fabric strip, wherein said knitting loops are interlocked by knitting a narrow connecting section between said adjacent edges, thereby joining said knitting loops to one another.

A method of manufacturing a full width industrial fabric, wherein said fabric is endless in an intended machine direction of said fabric, said method comprising the steps of:

• knitting a fabric strip comprising monofilament or multifilament fibers, wherein a width of said knitted fabric strip is narrower than a width of said full width fabric;
• spirally winding said knitted fabric strip, wherein an edge of said knitted fabric strip is adjacent to an edge of a subsequently wound knitted fabric strip;
• locating knitting loops along said adjacent edges of said wound knitted fabric strip;
• interlocking said knitting loops on said adjacent edges of said knitted fabric strip;
• interdigitating said knitting loops along said adjacent edges of said wound knitted fabric strip;
• and
• inserting a longitudinal yarn into the interdigitated loops, thereby connecting the edges of said wound knitted fabric strip together.

An industrial fabric produced by:

• knitting a first fabric strip portion having two widthwise edges to a desired length of the industrial fabric, wherein said first fabric strip portion has a width that is narrower than the industrial fabric;
• forming said first fabric strip portion into an endless loop by knitting a CD seam thereby joining said two widthwise edges together;
• placing said first endless loop fabric strip portion around two rotatably mounted parallel rolls;
• and
• knitting a second fabric strip portion wherein the knitting of said second fabric portion proceeds along a first edge of said first fabric strip portion as a continuation thereof and wherein said second fabric strip portion is continuously knitted as an endless loop.

An industrial fabric produced by:

• knitting a fabric strip comprising monofilament or multifilament fibers, wherein a width of said knitted fabric strip is narrower than a width of said full width fabric;
• spirally winding said knitted fabric strip, wherein an edge of said knitted fabric strip is adjacent to an edge of a subsequently wound knitted fabric strip;
• locating knitting loops along said adjacent edges of said wound knitted fabric strip;
• and
• interlocking said knitting loops on said adjacent edges of said knitted fabric strip, wherein said knitting loops are interlocked by knitting a narrow connecting section between said adjacent edges, thereby joining said knitting loops to one another.

An industrial fabric produced by:

• knitting a fabric strip comprising monofilament or multifilament fibers, wherein a width of said knitted fabric strip is narrower than a width of said full width fabric;
• spirally winding said knitted fabric strip, wherein an edge of said knitted fabric strip is adjacent to an edge of a subsequently wound knitted fabric strip;
• locating knitting loops along said adjacent edges of said wound knitted fabric strip;
• interlocking said knitting loops on said adjacent edges of said knitted fabric strip;
• interdigitating said knitting loops along said adjacent edges of said wound knitted fabric strip;
• and
• inserting a longitudinal yarn into the interdigitated loops, thereby connecting the edges of said wound knitted fabric strip together.