Textile structures modeled on a spider's net

Innovative textile fabrics modelled on the structure of a spider web can find application in the reinforcing of composites in conditions of where a centrifugal force occurs, for example rotational discs. At the Institute of Architecture of Textile at the Technical University of Łodź research work is carried out on mechanised production of woven fabrics whose struc- ture is modelled on a spider webweb. The paper presents a review of textile techniques and technologies from the point of view of their usefulness for producing fabrics of a flat round net type structure modelled on the structure of a spider web.There is also an analysis of the mechanical properties of the different textile structures from the point of view of fulfilling the requirements to operate in conditions which are affected by a centrifugal force.