Braiding Technology and Machinery: Principles, Design and Processes, Second Edition reviews the basic principles, design and processes used in braiding, while introducing the latest computational methods and applications. Braided fabrics are made by interlacing yarns or strips of fabric, producing structures for technical textile applications from medical sutures to cables for anchoring ships.
This fully updated second edition explains how to use the latest computer-controlled braiding machines for higher quality and efficiency, and also features added detail with new colour images throughout. Innovative applications in medicine, composites, sport, and filtration are also described, alongside established specialised braiding techniques such as spiral braiding and lace technology.
- Provides technical descriptions of all the latest manufacturing methods
- Provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of braiding design, processes and machinery
- Explains how to use recently developed software for computerised braiding machinery
1. Introduction: the main types of braided structure
Part I Patterning and design
2. Patterning of braided products
3. Structural
design of flat and tubular braids
4. Colour design of tubular braids
5.
Colour design of flat braids
6. Patterning with partial carrier occupation
Part II Braiding machines and mechanics
7. Braiding machine components
8.
Carriers for braiding machines
9. Mechanics of the braiding process
10.
Carrier mechanics in braiding operations
11. Yarn winding operations in
braiding
Part III Specialist braided structures
12. Spiral braiding
13. Square and
other types of form braiding
14. Patterning with variable tracks on computer
controlled machines
15. Lace braiding
Part IV Computer assisted design (CAD) and other software for braiding
16.
Computer assisted design (CAD) software for the design of braided structures
17. Computer assisted design software (CAD) for machine emulation and carrier
arrangement checking
18. Calculations in braiding
19. Using MATLAB for
calculations in braiding
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 worlds 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.
