SBIR/STTR Research Award
MULTI-ANGULAR WEAVING FOR COMPOSITE PREFORMS
Award amount
$42,733Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Textile Technologies Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THE NEED TO REDUCE LABOR EXPENSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ADVANCED COMPOSITE PREFORMS HAS BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE COMPOSITE COMMUNITY. THE ABILITY TO WEAVE ANGULAR YARNS INTEGRALLY, WITH STANDARD WARP (0 DEGREE) AND FILLING (90 DEGREE) YARNS WOULD BE AN ASSET TO THE COMPOSITE COMMUNITY. CURRENTLY, LABOR INTENSIVE OFF-AXIS HAND LAY-UPS ARE USED TO PRODUCE MULTIANGULAR PREFORMS. THIS PROGRAM WILL DEVELOP A CONCEPT TO PRODUCE COMPOSITE PREFORMS WITH OFF-AXIS FIBERS. IN ADDITION, THE CONCEPT PROPOSED HERE WILL NOT CRIMP OR IMPALE FIBERS.
Technology keywords
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