Braiding machinery

Fancy whlpe are made with handles composed of a central core of whalebone stlflbned and filled out with rattan this Is inclosed in rubber cloth aod covered with robber cement, over which strands of cotton, sUk, or gut are braided by machinery. 

Milwich et al. (2006) combined ideas of cellulose fiber orientation in wood with the structure of the stem of giant reeds to create a hybrid model realized using advanced braid protrusion machinery at the Institute of Textile Technology and Process Engineering (ITV) Germany. The outcome called Technical Plant Stem is a commercially scalable architectural textile composite that demonstrates excellent strength and impact resistance with the minimal material use (Speck and Speck, 2006). 

The machine cycle developed using the UM is described by multiple four-step braid cycles. The number of four-step braid cycles is equal to the number of braid groups. The colunrn movement is the same for all four-step braid cycles. If the track is part of the currently braided braid group, the track movement of that individual track is turned on. If the track is not part of the currently braided braid group, its movement is set to zero. Considering the machinery, this method leads to rather simple requirements, as the absolute motion value of each individual track and column is coti-stant. Higher abihty of this method can be achieved by setting both movements, that is, track-and-column movement, to zero (Kostar, 1998). 

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