Pattern Science
Braiding as Additive Manufacturing
Braiding demonstrates that additive manufacturing is not limited to extrusion-based systems. Structures can also be built by programming the motion of fibers through space. By controlling how strands move and...
Braiding as Additive Manufacturing
Braiding demonstrates that additive manufacturing is not limited to extrusion-based systems. Structures can also be built by programming the motion of fibers through space. By controlling how strands move and...
Braided Metamaterials
A braided metamaterial is a structure in which fibers are interlaced in repeating geometric patterns that control how the material responds to forces such as tension, compression, or bending. In...
Braided Metamaterials
A braided metamaterial is a structure in which fibers are interlaced in repeating geometric patterns that control how the material responds to forces such as tension, compression, or bending. In...
What Is a Pattern?
In lace braiding, yarns travel through a field of crossings. Each strand follows a defined path while interacting with neighboring strands. When those paths repeat consistently, the braid produces a...
What Is a Pattern?
In lace braiding, yarns travel through a field of crossings. Each strand follows a defined path while interacting with neighboring strands. When those paths repeat consistently, the braid produces a...
Spiraling Dual Helices and the Flower of Life
In lace braiding machines, yarn carriers move around circular tracks. As they travel, strands shift positions and cross neighboring yarns. When two yarn paths spiral around each other while progressing...
Spiraling Dual Helices and the Flower of Life
In lace braiding machines, yarn carriers move around circular tracks. As they travel, strands shift positions and cross neighboring yarns. When two yarn paths spiral around each other while progressing...
Lateral Braiding: Zonal Patterning in Lace Braids
By progressively adding lateral yarns to the braided structure, different patterns can emerge within the same piece of fabric. A braid with one lateral produces a simple structure. Adding additional...
Lateral Braiding: Zonal Patterning in Lace Braids
By progressively adding lateral yarns to the braided structure, different patterns can emerge within the same piece of fabric. A braid with one lateral produces a simple structure. Adding additional...
ALX: Linked and Interlaced Lateral Systems
In the ALX configuration, filaments within each lateral group link to neighboring filaments in the same group while simultaneously interlacing with filaments in the opposing group. This combination produces a...
ALX: Linked and Interlaced Lateral Systems
In the ALX configuration, filaments within each lateral group link to neighboring filaments in the same group while simultaneously interlacing with filaments in the opposing group. This combination produces a...
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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...
