Patent ID: 8349112

Claim:
Process for producing fabrics containing at least one layer of unidirectionally arranged polymeric tapes with the tapes including at least a core component, the tapes having a width/height ratio of at least 2, and said tapes having essentially a quadrangular cross section, the process comprising: forming the at least one layer of unidirectionally arranged polymeric tapes in a weaving machine with the polymeric tapes being used as warp yarn and a binding thread being used as weft yarn or with the polymeric tapes being used as weft yarn and the binding thread being used as warp yarn and subsequently consolidating the at least one layer of unidirectionally arranged polymeric tapes using pressure and heat, wherein a melting temperature of the binding thread lies below a consolidating temperature, melting temperature of the core component of the polymeric tapes lies above the consolidating temperature, a first layer of unidirectionally arranged polymeric tapes is formed in the weaving machine with the polymeric tapes being used as warp yarn and the binding thread being used as weft yarn, a second layer is formed in a weaving machine with the polymeric tapes being used as weft yarn and the binding thread being used as warp yarn, the first layer and the second layer being stacked in an alternating manner with the polymeric tapes of adjacent layers being crossplied at an angle, and the stacked layers being consolidated using pressure and heat.