Engineering Faculty Internship: Design and Development of Textile Manufacturing Machines

该奖项将使首席研究员能够承担机器设计和维护的一般领域的项目，因为它与用于针织、编织和纺织加工的纺织机器有关。具体工作包括机械部件的有限元建模、纺织加工机械的控制系统优化、纺织机构的运动学综合以及智能材料技术的应用。还将考虑改进织布机的设计，包括使用编织原理以提高生产率。在竞争激烈的纺织制造业中，设计改进有可能使生产率提高一个数量级。首席研究员与纺织品制造商之间的互动也将对双方都有利。前者将受益于它对他的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.