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Research Status of 3D Braiding Technology

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Three-dimensional braiding composite material has the advantages of high strength, high modulus, high temperature resistance, non-layered structure and easy design. Traditional high-performance metal materials will be replaced by 3D braiding composite material, so it has been highly valued and applied in many fields such as aerospace, weaponry and equipment. At present, there are many researches on 3D braiding technology, such as 3D rotary braiding machine and Cartesian 3D braiding machine in terms of braiding equipment. The research on the structure of preforms and the performance of composite materials are also more in-depth. The development of 3D braiding technology from the aspects of 3D fabric, braiding technology, equipment are summarized in this article. The development of 3D braiding technology requires high-speed automation and commercialization, this will be a challenge for 3D braiding technology in the future.

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This paper introduces the development of three-dimensional braiding technology. There is no experimental data. The summary data involved in the article are all derived from the cited references. Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.

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We would like to express our appreciation to Shaanxi Province's Industrial Science and Technology Tackling Project (Project No.2020GY-273, 2016GY-014); Xi'an Science and technology projects (Project No.2019217114GXRC007CG008-GXYD7.3); Shaoxing Keqiao West-Tex Textile Industry Innovative Institute Project (Project No.19KQZD01) for the financial support; Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi (Program No. 2019JQ-857); Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Xi'an Polytechnic University (No.BS201863) and College Students' innovation and entrepreneurship training program(NO.S20201070).

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    Xiping Li, Xinhai He, Junhao Liang, Yifan Song, Liang Zhang, Bo Wang, Jingyan Ma & Guidong Kong

  2. Key Laboratory of Functional Textile Sensing Fiber and Irregular Shape Weaving Technology, Xi’an, 710048, shaanxi, China

    Xiping Li, Xinhai He, Junhao Liang, Yifan Song, Liang Zhang, Bo Wang, Jingyan Ma & Guidong Kong

  3. Shaoxing Keqiao West-Tex Textile Industry Innovative Institute, Xi’an, 312030, Zhejiang, China

    Xiping Li, Xinhai He & Liang Zhang

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Li, X., He, X., Liang, J. et al. Research Status of 3D Braiding Technology. Appl Compos Mater 29, 147–157 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-021-09963-2

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