Air-jet manipulation spreads and volumizes carbon fiber bundles to improve fiber distribution, reduce porosity, and support homogeneous densification.
Air jet volumization spreads carbon fiber tows without damaging tension, improving fiber coverage and densification uniformity.
Body-scan measurements drive a variable-diameter circular loom to weave custom garments on demand with less fabric waste and faster production.
Narrow orbit recesses and a movable guide device keep warp thread tension uniform at high weaving speed while reducing wear and vibration.
Rotating warp yarns and moving weft yarns creates seamless 3D textiles, eliminating fabric waste from cutting and sewing operations.
A gravity drop wire triggers a sensor upon yarn breakage, reducing downtime in dusty weaving environments.
Alternating magnetic attraction and repulsion sections guide the shuttle without mechanical contact, eliminating warp thread damage and reducing maintenance.
An automated guide and gripper system replaces spent weft bobbins on circular loom shuttles, eliminating manual intervention and reducing idle time.
A needled preform manufacturing apparatus delivers multi-axial narrow fiber strips to build net shape preforms with controlled orientation.
A warp-tape monitor clamps the ribbon end at rest position to secure the material.
Ceramic inserts in thread eyes reduce friction between heald elements and warp threads during high-speed weaving operations.
Angled weft spool axis reduces shuttle mass, lowering centrifugal force and wear while increasing picks per minute.
Movable warp bobbin devices feed threads directly to the weaving plane, eliminating thread wear from multiple deflections.
A circular loom uses pivoting elements driven by a control cam to impart alternating movements to warp thread lifting means.
Interweaving warp and weft yarns forms a seamless tubular preform, resolving the inability of contour weaving to produce complex axisymmetric shapes.
Composite shuttle frames resist centrifugal deformation to enhance weaving productivity and fabric quality.
Movable warp threads enable partial multi-layered sections in circular fabrics without increasing device complexity.
A shuttle device regulates weft tension using a deflection sensor and variable electromechanical load to adjust braking torque on the ribbon spool.
Binder yarns stitch pre-positioned winding layers without interlacing, eliminating crimp-induced stiffness loss in composite structures.