Pattern Science
Why Filament Path Geometry Changes Everything
Most people think textile strength comes from stronger fibers. But the path a filament follows — and its geometric relationship to surrounding filaments — determines structural behavior just as much....
Why Filament Path Geometry Changes Everything
Most people think textile strength comes from stronger fibers. But the path a filament follows — and its geometric relationship to surrounding filaments — determines structural behavior just as much....
A Three-Layer Textile Architecture for Robotic ...
A programmable three-layer braided textile system for robotic deposition footwear — enabling zonal reinforcement, adaptive lace-based fit, and lightweight structural stability through a continuous fiber architecture designed for performance and...
A Three-Layer Textile Architecture for Robotic ...
A programmable three-layer braided textile system for robotic deposition footwear — enabling zonal reinforcement, adaptive lace-based fit, and lightweight structural stability through a continuous fiber architecture designed for performance and...
Lace Braiding vs. Radial Braiding: Understandin...
Learn the key differences between lace braiding machines and radial braiding machines. Explore how carrier motion, horn gears, and rotational systems create distinct braided structures used in textiles and engineered...
Lace Braiding vs. Radial Braiding: Understandin...
Learn the key differences between lace braiding machines and radial braiding machines. Explore how carrier motion, horn gears, and rotational systems create distinct braided structures used in textiles and engineered...
Programmable Lace Braiding as Spatial Computation
Programmable lace braiding is more than a textile process—it is a spatial computing system in which carrier choreography, braid angle, and filament continuity generate engineered structures directly from motion.
Programmable Lace Braiding as Spatial Computation
Programmable lace braiding is more than a textile process—it is a spatial computing system in which carrier choreography, braid angle, and filament continuity generate engineered structures directly from motion.
Footwear Development
Tensengral investigates how programmable braided filament networks can function as structural textile systems for footwear. These investigations explore how pattern-directed filament architectures produced on jacquard lace braiding machines may enable...
Footwear Development
Tensengral investigates how programmable braided filament networks can function as structural textile systems for footwear. These investigations explore how pattern-directed filament architectures produced on jacquard lace braiding machines may enable...
From Tensegrity to Tensengral: The State of Bal...
This article explores how Buckminster Fuller's concept of Tensegrity relates to braided textile structures and the concept of Tensengral. Tensengral defines the state of balanced tension within braided fiber networks,...
From Tensegrity to Tensengral: The State of Bal...
This article explores how Buckminster Fuller's concept of Tensegrity relates to braided textile structures and the concept of Tensengral. Tensengral defines the state of balanced tension within braided fiber networks,...
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Fuze Hub 2025
As part of the Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund, FuzeHub will hold a New YorkState Commercialization Competition on October 29 & 30, 2025, in Rochester,NY. Participating companies will compete for up...
Fuze Hub 2025
As part of the Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund, FuzeHub will hold a New YorkState Commercialization Competition on October 29 & 30, 2025, in Rochester,NY. Participating companies will compete for up...
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Tensengral Look-Book
We've spent over a decade innovating with jacquard circular lace braiding machines to create performance textiles rooted in zero-waste design. Tensengral focuses on simple, single-piece, fully connected garments that balance...
Tensengral Look-Book
We've spent over a decade innovating with jacquard circular lace braiding machines to create performance textiles rooted in zero-waste design. Tensengral focuses on simple, single-piece, fully connected garments that balance...
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Braided Hemp Lacrosse Mesh
We propose to develop and commercialize the first high-performance braided hemp lacrosse mesh, building on TEF Braids’ decade of innovation in programmable braiding. Using our patented XHelX pattern, a...
Braided Hemp Lacrosse Mesh
We propose to develop and commercialize the first high-performance braided hemp lacrosse mesh, building on TEF Braids’ decade of innovation in programmable braiding. Using our patented XHelX pattern, a...
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XhelX Footwear Upper
Iteration 1 - Braided Skeletal Footwear Upper with Integrated Laces and Sole: Another embodiment of the invention is a method of fabricating an article of footwear, the method including or...
XhelX Footwear Upper
Iteration 1 - Braided Skeletal Footwear Upper with Integrated Laces and Sole: Another embodiment of the invention is a method of fabricating an article of footwear, the method including or...
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XhelX Pattern
Patent number: 10159297 Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plexus of filaments which is composed of groups of filaments, whose filament members are linked together, in a repetitious pattern, and whose...
XhelX Pattern
Patent number: 10159297 Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plexus of filaments which is composed of groups of filaments, whose filament members are linked together, in a repetitious pattern, and whose...
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What is Patterning
What we've learned over the years is that patterning is so much more than just the loops of a knit or the interlacements of a weave. We've learned that every...
What is Patterning
What we've learned over the years is that patterning is so much more than just the loops of a knit or the interlacements of a weave. We've learned that every...
