Braiding Technology for Textiles: Principles, Design and Processes

✍ Scribed by Yordan Kyosev

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 392
• Series: Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

• Provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of braiding design, processes and machinery

• Covers the patterning of braided products and the structural and colour design of both flat and tubular braids

• Reviews maypole braiding machines and mechanics

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles, Pages xi-xviii
Preface, Page xix
Dedication, Page xxi
Acknowledgements, Pages xxiii-xxiv
1 - Introduction: the main types of braided structure using maypole braiding technology, Pages 1-25
2 - Patterning of braided products, Pages 29-46
3 - Structural design of flat and tubular braids, Pages 47-69
4 - Colour design of tubular braids, Pages 71-88
5 - Colour design of flat braids, Pages 89-111
6 - Braiding machine components, Pages 115-151
7 - Carriers for braiding machines, Pages 153-175
8 - The mechanics of the braiding process, Pages 177-209
9 - Carrier mechanics in braiding operations, Pages 211-229
10 - Yarn winding operations in braiding, Pages 231-254
11 - Spiral braiding, Pages 257-282
12 - Square and other types of form braiding, Pages 283-312
13 - Computer assisted design (CAD) software for the design of braided structures, Pages 315-336
14 - Productivity calculations in braiding, Pages 337-356
15 - Using MATLAB® for calculations in braiding, Pages 357-375
Index, Pages 377-392