Preforms and Braidings
Textile structures closely approximating the final contours can be manufactured with by the new automated braiding technology. This supersedes the manual processes previously used, which were cost-intensive and difficult to reproduce.
2-D Braidings
- Preforming in a single process step: Spherical preform producible by braiding rovings directly onto a shaped mandrel
- Process sequence reproducible for curved structures as well
- Textile structure avoiding thread displacement
- Concave geometries feasible
- Elongated 0° rovings on the inner and outer surfaces of curved structures
3-D Braidings
- Endless profiled semi-finished textile materials
- Different geometries of cross-sections and connecting surfaces over the length of the fabric
- Individual load-conforming fiber alignment over the fabric cross-section
- Individual angles of inclination
