6. Reinforcing knitted 3D objects
A knitted fabric is made up of loops, each of which contains a reserve of yarn that makes it highly deformable. However, it is possible to block the structure by inserting straight (non-corrugated), non-meshed yarns in the desired directions (figure 26 ). If these wires have a high Young's modulus, i.e. are not very extensible, then the knitted fabric will have little or no deformability in these particular directions. An example is given in figure 27 with a circumferential reinforcement yarn in a bent tube.
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
This article is included in
Additive manufacturing -3D printing
This offer includes:
Knowledge Base
Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees
Services
A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources
Practical Path
Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills
Doc & Quiz
Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading
Reinforcing knitted 3D objects
Towards 4D printing
Bibliography
Websites
MIT's Self Assembly Lab Active Textile Tayloring
https://vimeo.com/298407221?from=outro-embed
Saint Gobain Performance Plastics
Events
Techtextil is held every two years in Frankfurt (odd-numbered years):
http://techtextil.messefrankfurt.com
ITMA is held every four years in Barcelona or Milan:
Directory
Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
Flat knitting machines with pick stitches
Stoll http://www.stoll.com
Shima Seiki http://www.shimaseiki.com
...
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
