Felt for forming fiber cement articles having stretch resistant yarns

摘要

A fiber cement felt includes: a base fabric including a set of machine direction (MD) yarns and a set of cross machine direction (CMD) yarns interwoven with the MD yarns in a plurality of repeat units, wherein between 5 and 95 percent of the MD yarns are stretch-resistant yarns; and a batt layer overlying and attached to the fabric. A fiber cement felt of this configuration can exhibit improved stretch-resistance and tenacity.