Engineering Faculty Internship: Design and Development of Textile Manufacturing Machines

小行星9412635 该奖项将使首席研究员能够在机器设计和维修的一般领域进行项目，因为它涉及用于针织，织造和纺织加工的纺织机器。 具体工作包括机器部件的有限元建模、纺织加工机械的控制系统优化、纺织机构的运动综合以及智能材料技术的应用。 还将考虑对织机进行设计改进，包括使用编织原理，以提高生产率。 在激烈竞争的纺织制造业中，设计改进有可能实现生产率的数量级提高。 主要研究者和纺织品制造商之间的互动也将对双方都有利。 前者将受益于其对教学和研究活动的影响，而后者将受益于接触先进技术。

9412635 Beale The award would enable the Principal Investigator to undertake projects in the general area of machine design and maintenance as it relates to textile machines used for knitting, weaving and textile processing. Specific efforts to be undertaken include finite element modeling of machine components, control system optimization of textile processing machinery, kinematic synthesis of textile mechanisms, and application of smart material technology. Design improvements to the loom would also be considered, involving the use of braiding principles in order to achieve improvements in the production rate. The design improvements have the potential to achieve an order of magnitude improvement in production rate in the intensively competitive of textile manufacturing. The interaction between the Principal Investigator and the textile manufacturer would also be mutually beneficial to both parties involved. The former would benefit from its impact on his teaching and research activities, whereas the latter would benefit from exposure to advanced technology.