is they are a ply of nine yarns of bicomponent material as described in fig1 the plied yarns are twisted loosely together the yarns have a distinctly flattened appearance that is after heat fusion the yarns take on a ribbon like appearance fig3 shows a cross section of a composite yarn according to the present invention the kevlar u00ae interior is visible as a distinct region the bicomponent exterior is not discrete when running on a paper making machine a fabric according to the present invention should remain cleaner than a clothing comprised of conventional monofilaments heat fusion of a fabric comprised of bicomponent fibers are characterized in part by fused intersecting yarns in contrast conventional monofilaments have interstices at points where yarns intersect fusion at the intersections of bicomponent fibers diminishes and possibly eliminates such interstices interstices are pinch points at which debris can be entrapped and collect over time accordingly the heat fused intersecting yarns produced with bicomponent fibers provides a structure that should remain relatively cleaner than a clothing comprised of conventional monofilaments another advantage that paper machine clothings of the present invention are believed to possess over conventional clothings comprised of monofilaments is that such clothings exhibit relatively planar knuckle free.