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Autobraid

Long Title: Economic Serial Production of Textile Preforms via Braid Processes through Integration
Runtime: 01.05.2011 – 30.04.2013
Funding Body: AiF e.V.
Consortium Manager: IfU
Project Manager: Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Sebastian Reuter
Project Holder: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technik (BMWi)
Partner: Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) - RWTH Aachen University
Werkzeugmaschinenlabor (WZL) - RWTH Aachen University
Description:

The production of fabric-reinforced synthetic components in small and medium-sized companies is currently based on handicraft. Unprofitable production processes (e.g. fabrication preparation and ramp up), unsteady quality and small lots are basic deficits. The project AutoBraid aims to ensure an economic serial production of preforms with the help of a braid process by integrating automatic action methods and online quality assurance to monitor, regulate and control the quality of the braid process.
Therein the following sub goals will be fulfilled:

  • Further automation of the existing braid process
  • Online Recording of characteristics of the quality during braid production
  • Quality assurance through the integration and closure of the feedback systems