3D Woven Structure Production with Jacquard Control
topic
Three-dimensional woven preform production using Jacquard individual end control enables the complex layer-to-layer binding yarn paths and through-thickness reinforcement architectures required for structural composite components with specific interlaminar properties, with Jacquard control of the binding yarn positions providing the design flexibility to create gradients in binding density, variable layer architecture through the preform thickness, and near-net-shape profiles by controlling the width contribution of individual end groups.
Role
Extends Jacquard technology from decorative and apparel fabric production into structural composite manufacturing where the individual end control capability enables the spatial variation of reinforcement architecture that is required for aerospace and engineering composite components with locally optimised mechanical properties, with 3D woven Jacquard preforms representing one of the highest-technology applications of the fundamental Jacquard principle of individual end control.