Advances in Braiding Technology: Specialized Techniques and Applications

by Yordan Kyosev

Overview

Braiding is the process of interlacing three or more threads or yarns in a diagonal direction to the product axis in order to obtain thicker, wider or stronger textiles or, in the case of overbraiding, in order to cover a profile. Braids are becoming the reinforcement of choice in composite manufacturing, and have found a range of technical applications in fields including medicine, candles, transport and aerospace. Building on the information provided in Prof. Kyosev’s previous book, Braiding Technology for Textiles, this important title covers advanced technologies and new developments for the manufacture, applications and modelling of braided products.

Part One covers the braiding of three-dimensional profiles, and includes a detailed overview of three-dimensional braiding technologies as well as chapters devoted to specific kinds of 3D braiding. Part Two addresses specialist braiding techniques and applications, and includes chapters reviewing the use of braids for medical textiles and candles. Part Three focuses on braiding techniques for ropes and Part Four reviews braiding for composites. The final part of the book considers modelling and simulation, and covers topics including overbraiding simulation, Finite Element Method (FEM) modelling and geometrical modelling.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780081009260
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	03/29/2016
Series:	Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Yordan Kyosev is the Head of the Chair of Assembly Technology for Textile Products, and Professor at the Institute of Textile Machinery and High-Performance Material Technology at Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany. He is the main developer of the world’s first CAD braiding software packages TexMind Braider and Texmind Braiding Machine Configurator, and provides regular industrial courses and consulting for braiding (www.texmind.com). He was also the main organizer of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Braiding Colloquiums in Möchengladbach (2014, 2016, 2018). His research focuses on advanced modelling and processing methods for high performance textiles, and he is seen as a leading expert in braiding machinery and technology worldwide.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I Braiding of three-dimensional profiles

1 An overview of three-dimensional braiding technologies

2 3D hexagonal braiding

3 3D maypole braiding

4 Cartesian 3D braiding

Part II Specialist braiding techniques and applications

5 Partial carrier occupation of maypole braiding machines

6 An overview of braiding structures in medical textiles: fibre based implants and tissue engineering

7 Braids in candles

8 Lever arm (rapid) braiding

Part III Braiding techniques for ropes

9 Manufacturing techniques for braided ropes

10 Rope finishing for braided ropes

11 Mechanical properties of braided Ropes as textile machine elements

12 Operational stability testing of braided textile machine elements

Part IV Braiding for composites

13 Yarn damage during braiding of reinforcement fibres for composites

14 Pultrusion of braids

15 Braided carbon fibre composites

16 Exemplary Manufacturing process of braided ZASCHE manipulator in serial production

17 Braiding pultrusion of thermoplastic composites

Part V Modelling and Simulation

18 Overbraiding simulation

19 Finite Element Method (FEM) Modelling of overbraiding

20 Embedded Finite Element modelling approach for 3D Cartesian braid reinforced composites

21 Geometrical modelling and computational mechanics tools for braided structures

22 Structural and tensile behaviors of braided reinforcements: characterization and model

23 Investigations about the braiding angle and the cover factor of braided fabrics using image processing and symbolic math toolbox of Matlab

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Builds on Braiding Technology for Textiles, providing coverage of advanced technologies and new developments for the manufacture, applications and modelling of braided products