Specialty / Engineered Fabrics

2D Fabric Weaving

Technical Features

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Standard Broadgoods

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Scrim/Uni/Narrow tapes

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30-50,000 denier

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1” – 130” fabric widths

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Contoured weaving (spiral/helical fabrics with polar coordination)

Over 40 textile production units, producing ~600,000 yards/month

Application Benefits

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Tailor-made manufacturing

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Prototype to production support

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Custom designs in low or high volume

Specialty / Engineered Fabrics

3D Fabric Weaving

Technical Features

Orthogonal

Angle interlock

Adjacent ply interlock

Mixed fiber types

Woven seamless tubes

I-beams, T or X shapes

Application Benefits

Simplified manufacturing

No delamination or ply lift

Balanced stress-state in laminates

Specialty / Engineered Fabrics

PlyLoc®

Technical Features

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Through-thickness reinforcement

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Applied after laminate compaction of dry in-plane fabric layers

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Only need single-side access

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Creates pseudo 3D preform from 2D fabric

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Flat or complex geometries

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Uses tow instead of thread

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Many options for fiber type

Application Benefits

Stress reduction during processing

Strength increase during use

Enhanced diffusion pathways

Specialty / Engineered Fabrics

OmniLoc®

Technical Features

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3D, 4D, 5D…nD weaving

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Automated in-plane weaving

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Manual z-direction sew-out or pultruded rods

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Ultra fine to extra coarse fiber spacing

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Mostly fiber agnostic

Application Benefits

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Much faster production rates

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Lower cost

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Sized to need (near net shape)

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Weave architecture options are tailored for cost/schedule/performance variability

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Very low lead time and overhead costs for future expansion

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Textum welcomes the opportunity to become your solutions manufacturer for scrims and composite fabrics. Our expertise includes standard fabrics, narrow fabrics, tubular fabrics, helical/circular fabrics, 3D fabrics, 3-D preforms, plus hybrid combinations.

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