BRAID STRUCTURE

摘要

The invention concerns a braid structure comprising a plurality of braided layers of stranded material in which said layers are laid down in a single pass of a braiding machine with at least one strand of each layer extending into a contiguous layer to form and interlock between the said layers. The invention also concerns a machine and a method of making the structure by supplying groups of strands (R, B, G, O, W) to a braid forming station whereby each group of strands forms a braid layer thereat; a strand (R) from one of the groups passing into or through the strands (B) of a group of an adjacent layer to form an interlock therebetween.