Braiding pultrusion

As gradient textile technologies already demonstrate, fibers should only be incorporated where they are useful in carrying loads. In less stressed parts of a construction, polymer foam will be used for spacing out fibers. With the braid-pultrusion technique, this principle can be applied very easily into the structure. 

Michaeli, W. and Jiirs, D. (1996) Thermoplastic pull-braiding Pultrusion profiles with braided fiber lay-up and thermoplastic matrix system (PP), Composites, 27A(1), 3-7. 

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