Seamed industrial fabric with at least one thermofusible strand

摘要

An industrial fabric (20) is woven from machine- direction (MD) (24) and cross-machine-direction (CD) yarns (22), wherein the MD yarns (24) are multicomponent yarns having a plurality of individual strands and at least one thermofusible strand of a thermoplastic material. The at least one thermofusible strand of a thermoplastic material has a melting point lower than that of the individual strands of the multicomponent yarn. Upon application of a heat treatment, the multicomponent yarns are stiffened and the individual strands thereof are held together by the thermoplastic material of the at least one thermofusible strand.