Cylinders
Tubular and shell preforms with axial and circumferential architecture requirements.
Developed / supplied
Polar orthogonal weaving machine
Machine motion organised around circular, cylindrical and conical geometry.
The polar platform addresses reinforcement routes in which circumference, radius, axial length and changing diameter must be considered during textile formation.
Polar process logic
Axisymmetric geometry changes the yarn-path problem.
Unlike a flat loom, the machine must respond to circular or tapered geometry. Public information describes the functional architecture; detailed mechanism and customer-specific configurations remain proprietary.
DirectionOrientationFunction
AxialAlong component axisLengthwise reinforcement
CircumferentialAround componentHoop or circular reinforcement
Radial / sectionGeometry-dependentThickness, shape and section linkage
Geometry classes
Where polar-coordinate process development becomes relevant.
Cones
Tapered geometries where circumference changes along the machine axis.
Rings & disks
Circular reinforcement routes for frames, disks and rotationally symmetric sections.
Domes & shells
Curved axisymmetric preforms requiring shape-led architecture development.
Machine and preform evidence
Operating machine beside the geometry it produces.
Physical machine
Polar Orthogonal 3D Weaving Machine
Physical machine demonstration for circular and tapered textile architecture development.
Open on YouTubePhysical preform
Near-Net Conical & Cylindrical Preform
Physical geometry evidence relevant to the polar-development route.
Open on YouTube