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Carbon Fiber Composite Braiding
My part is a tube, a duct or a body of revolution and I want the reinforcement seamless. Who braids the preform, and at what diameter?
What it is
Interlacing tow at bias angles, usually over a mandrel, to produce a seamless tubular or near-net preform. Distinct from weaving: the fibre paths cross at an angle rather than orthogonally, so the preform carries torsion and hoop load without a joint, and it conforms over shape changes a woven fabric would wrinkle over.
Suppliers
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Companies that perform this process on customer material.
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A&P Technology Reported
Braiders from 3 to 800 carriers, the largest over 13 m in diameter. Produces seamless fan case preforms that come off the braider as a cylinder.
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Bally Ribbon Mills VerifiedAS9100
Braiding is named alongside weaving as a company capability.
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Nammo Composite Solutions ReportedAS9100NADCAP Composites
Braiding is listed among the core services alongside filament winding, giving this atlas a second domestic braider.
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Input material
Forms this process takes in.