Patent ID: 8375996

Claim:
A method for producing a multiaxial fabric, the method comprising: arranging at least one yarn helically about at least two conveyor portions, thereby providing a weft having a first weft portion having yarns arranged at an angle, θ, with respect to the conveying direction of the conveyor portions, and a second weft portion having yarns arranged at an angle, −θ, with respect to the conveying direction of the conveyor portions, fixing a centre section of the first weft portion to a centre section of the second weft portion, cutting side portions of the weft, thereby separating the first weft portion from the second weft portion, and fixing rim sections of the first weft portion to rim sections of the second weft portion, wherein the step of cutting side portions of the weft is performed after the step of fixing a centre section of the first weft portion to a centre section of the second weft portion, and before the step of fixing rim sections of the first weft portion to rim sections of the second weft portion.