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3BRAID™ |
The
milestone in achieving commercial viability
of
3-D braiding technology
The world's most capable 3-D
rotary braiding machine with fully
automated, computer-controlled operation, is
close to completion at 3TEX. The 9-module
braider will employ up to 576 braided yarns
and 144 axial tows and will be capable of
producing relatively large, variable cross
section preforms for composites. Shape of
continuous preform can be changed on the
fly, by sequentially utilizing different
pre-programmed, computer-stored braiding
patterns. These unique manufacturing
capabilities, combined with high production
speed of the braider, may manifest a
breakthrough in industrial 3-D braiding. |
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With 3TEX 3BRAID™ you can...
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Eliminate
delamination as a failure mode.
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Achieve
maximum flexibility in the continual
production of a complex shape preform.
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Have
no limitations in the number of complex
shapes in design.
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Change the shape of your
product on the fly during production.
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Increase the speed of your production.
This new 3D braiding, named 3BRAID®, was
developed and patented by 3TEX engineers for
use in today's production of
high-performance, complex composite
structures.
With 3TEX 3BRAID® expect
- Larger
preform cross sections
- Faster
production speeds
- Varying
product shapes all in one continous
production run
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Pultrusion preforms (details
here)
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The new 3TEX multi-module 3D braiding
machine ...
- Employs
full occupancy of all horngear wings,
thus increasing fiber end quantity
compared to other existing 3-D rotary
braiders of similar size.
- Uses
easily controllable rotary gripping
forks to transfer fiber carriers
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Minimizes machine size with respect to
the braid size due to the optimized
fiber carrier transfer mechanism.
- Easily
scales up by increasing the number of
standard modules
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In addition to that...
- Machine
configuration of modules can be
optimized to the product shape.
- Braiding
patterns for various complex shape
preforms are designed by simply
"locking" specified rotary gripping
forks.
- Any
number of stored pre-designed braiding
patterns are simply recalled and used
selectively in a continuous
manufacturing process.
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