Braiding

Braiding Carrier Speed & Braid Angle Calculator

Braid angle is the whole product specification. Change the take-up and you have changed the part, whatever the pattern sheet says.

Machine Carriers
mm
rev/min
m/min
no.
Yarn Per carrier
tex

Braid Angle

— °

Measured from the mandrel axis

Braid Geometry & Supply

Circumferential Carrier Speed
— m/min
Braid Pitch
— mm
Yarn Feed Rate per Carrier
— m/min
Total Yarn Consumption
— kg/h
Braided Length
— m/h

The angle is taken on the mandrel surface. On a tapered or contoured mandrel it changes along the part, so quote it with the diameter it was calculated at.

Braiding Carrier Speed & Braid Angle Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.