3D-Weaving is a whole new concept in weaving and it cannot be performed with existing traditional methods and machines. It interlaces a multiple layer warp with multiple horizontal wefts and multiple vertical wefts producing directly shell, solid and tubular types of fully interlaced 3D fabrics with countless cross-sectional profiles.

First demonstrated in 1997, Dual-Directional (D-D) Shedding System is indispensable for performing 3D-weaving. This path breaking development has advanced the technology of weaving to a new dimension for the first time in its more than 27000 years of history.

World’s only authoritative work on the subject, 3D-Weaving: Theory and Practice, published in The Journal of The Textile Institute, is available from British Library Direct.