Braiding Technology for Textiles: Principles, Design and Processes

by Yordan Kyosev

Overview

Braided fabrics are made by interlacing yarns or strips of fabric. Braiding produces a wide range of structures for technical textile applications from medical sutures to cables for anchoring ships. Written by one of the world’s leading experts in the field, the book reviews the basic principles, design and processes used in braiding. The book also discusses specialised braiding techniques such as spiral braiding and lace technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780081013298
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/19/2016
Series:	Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
Pages:	416
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

1. Introduction: the main types of braided structure using maypole braiding technology

2. Patterning of braided products

3. Structural design of flat and tubular braid

4. Colour design of tubular braids

5. Colour design of flat braids

6. Braiding machine components

7. Carriers for braiding machines

8. The mechanics of the braiding process

9. Carrier mechanics in braiding operations

10. Yarn winding operations in braiding

11. Spiral braiding

12. Square and other types of form braiding

13. Computer assisted design (CAD) software for the design of braided structures

14. Productivity calculations in braiding

15. Using MATLAB® for calculations in braiding

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This book combines a review of the basic principles, design and manufacture of braiding with a review of the more specialised technologies involved in braiding.

Editorial Reviews

"...a solid foundation in the fundamentals of braiding design, processes and machinery...an important resource for students and researchers, technicians, engineers and technologies from the textile and composites industries..." --Asian Textile Journal

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