Virtual development of knitted and braidied products and braiding machines with Texmind Suite

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1 Virtual development of knitted and braidied products and braiding machines with Texmind Suite Prof. Dr. Ing. Math. Yordan Kyosev TexMind, Mönchengladbach, Germany, Research Institute for Textile and Clothing (FTB) Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Webschulstr. 31,41065-Mönchengladbach, Germany,

2 2 Outline TexMind Company Texmind Braider Texmind Braiding Machine Configurator Texmind Warp Knitting Editor Export to FEM

3 TexMind TexMind UG (limited liability) was founded 2011 in Mönchengladbach, Germany, as extension of the previous 10 years free lancer activity of the founder Prof. Dr. Kyosev Intensive exchange and cooperation with Hochschule Niederrhein, Mönchengladach Team of 3 developers with large worldwide network of cooperation partners About 60% of our work is development of custom software for special machines and structures Public availble products: 2014 Texmind Braider launched 2015 Techtextil Frankfurt Warp Knitting Editor and Braiding Configurator 2015 ITMA Milano, 2017 Techtextil Frankfurt, 2017 Open House Herzog 2018 Int. Week of Narrow and Smart Textiles First worldwide version for Software for design of Braiding Machines with Computer Controlled Switches and arbitrary arrangement of the horn gears demonstrated 3

4 Braider 3D CAD for tubular and flat braided products 4

5 Braider Different pattern and diameters possible 5

6 Braider Any floating length 6

7 Braider Any number of yarns/wires in a group 7

8 Braider Any floating length 8

9 Falt Braids 9

10 Combination of different yarns with and widthout twist 10

11 Force Elongation Diagram TexMind Braider calculates specific points of the force elengation diagram of tubular braids 11

12 TexMind Braiding Machine Configurator 12

13 Configurator Design custom braiding machine placing the gears with the mouse on the proper place 13

14 Configurator Place carriers And simulate their motion 14

15 NEW! Program the switch changes during the motion and speed up the development of complex profiles 15

16 NEW! Program the switch changes during the motion and speed up the development of complex profiles Check automatically for carrier collision 16

17 Simple Bifurcation 17

18 Bifurcation of tubular braids 18

19 Pattern change 19

20 Pattern Change Software: TexMind Computer Controlled Braiding Machine Configurator

21 Lace Type interlacements 21

22 Check more complex profiles 22

23 Warp Knitting Pattern Editor 23

24 Coding for different machines and types 1-0 / 1 2 // Machine Left Machine Right

25 Coding for different machines and times 1-0 / 1 2 // 2 0 / 2 4 // gap Number 2x gap Number Machine Left Machine Right

26 Single and double needle bed machines

27 Use preselected pattern 2. After that select pattern 1. Select guide by clicking on its label Short Introduction in TexMind Warp Knitting Pattern EDITOR 27

28 All basic lappings available Short Introduction in TexMind Warp Knitting Pattern EDITOR 28

29 Threading Then click the cells of the guides where this yarn should be inserted First - Select the yarn type for the threading (first one is empty needle) Short Introduction in TexMind Warp Knitting Pattern EDITOR 29

30 Weight and Run-In Calculation 2 Enter one of the values for take-off or cources per length and press the tick. 1 Short Introduction in TexMind Warp Knitting Pattern EDITOR 30

31 Under Development next generation 3D software Short Introduction in TexMind Warp Knitting Pattern EDITOR 31

32 Short Introduction in TexMind Warp Knitting Pattern EDITOR 32

34 From Geometry to Mechanics

36 Export for FEM for all programms 36

37 Export for FEM calculations 37

38 Export to FEM Composite Beam Homogenisation with Abaqus Common Work with J.Hello 38

39 Relaxation with VTMS Export to VTMS Software and relaxation 39

40 Bullet penetration with HyperWorks (here weft knitted structure) Optimisatino of knitted structure for bullet protection, Geometry generated with TexMind Software (M.Sc. Thesis K.Freier) 40

41 Wire Based Composites Cooperation with H. Cebulla, TU Chemnitz 41

42 Custom software We develop customized and complete custom software for special textile machines and design of their products. 42

43 Thank you for your attention 43

MODELLING OF TEXTILE STRUCTURES AT FIBER AND YARN LEVEL

MODELLING OF TEXTILE STRUCTURES AT FIBER AND YARN LEVEL SOFTWARE AND DATA STRUCTURES Prof. Dr. Yordan Kyosev Research Institute for Textile and Clothing (FTB) Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences,