Woven Webbing with Button-Depression Surface for Abrasion Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional woven products lack sufficient abrasion resistance, which limits their functional integrity and durability in applications involving frictional interactions with abrasive materials.
Innovation Solution
The development of a woven product with specific interwoven weft and warp yarns forming rows of buttons separated by depressions, minimizing surface contact and friction, and optionally secured by binder yarns, to enhance abrasion resistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional weave patterns are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but abrasion resistance is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The weave pattern is segmented into distinct button regions and depression regions, creating a non-uniform surface structure. Each button is formed by specific yarn interlacing patterns that create raised areas, while depressions are created by alternating yarn positions. This segmentation of the surface into functional zones (buttons for durability, depressions for reduced contact) directly improves abrasion resistance while maintaining a systematic manufacturing approach.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the webbing surface are given different structural qualities - buttons have higher yarn density and raised profiles for abrasion resistance, while depressions have lower yarn density for reduced surface contact. This local variation in quality allows the material to provide both high durability where needed and low friction where contact occurs, resolving the contradiction between abrasion resistance and weave complexity.
2Reliability
If surface contact area is increased, then structural stability is improved, but friction and abrasion increase
Solution Approach 1:
The button surfaces are formed with curved, rounded profiles rather than flat surfaces. This curvature concentrates contact forces on smaller areas of the button peaks while reducing the overall contact area with abrasive surfaces. The rounded geometry naturally redirects friction forces along the curved surfaces, maintaining structural stability through the button formations while minimizing harmful frictional contact.
3Strength
If yarn interlacing density is increased, then tensile strength is improved, but surface friction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The high-density yarn interlacing is segmented and concentrated specifically in the button regions, while the depression areas maintain lower yarn density. This selective segmentation allows the material to achieve high tensile strength through the densely interlaced button structures that bear structural loads, while the lower-density depression regions minimize surface friction during sliding contact, thus resolving the contradiction between strength and friction.
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AI summary
An abrasion resistant woven product includes a plurality of weft yarns interwoven with a plurality of warp yarns. The plurality of weft and warp yarns are interwoven perpendicular to each other to define a webbing with opposite top and bottom surfaces. Each of the top and bottom surfaces includes a plurality of rows of buttons spaced apart by at least one depression such that the plurality of buttons of each row are interleaved with a plurality of buttons of an adjacent row.