End the hiding here. The AMI faculty associates and staff work cooperatively with companies to investigate advanced technologies to enhance Innovation and Productivity. Dr. Youqi Wang , an AMI faculty associate from KSU's Mechanical Engineering Department has developed a technology for the production of braided composites in KSU's Advanced Composite Laboratory.
Most composites are only two-dimensionally reinforced.
This braided composite will allow for structural components with complex shapes to be formed around the integrated 3-D architecture yarns preform. In the past, 3-D braiding was avoided due to intensive labor costs. However, the newly developed 3-D braiding machine that was manufactured for this process in AMI's Manufacturing Learning Center is highly automated thereby reducing this major financial obstacle. Parts fabricated by the 3-D composite technology will revolutionize manufacturing of many components for aircraft industries.