MODELLING AND MANUFACTURING OF TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT AND COMPLEX ELEMENTS OF A LOOM USING ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

Equipment for three-dimensional orthogonal weaving has significant differences from looms used to obtain single-layer fabrics. At the same time, many structural elements are in the debugging stage, which requires frequent changes in their shape, which is associated with the refinement of the process parameters. The use of traditional technologies such as sheet stamping to obtain such parts is impractical due to the low serialisation of parts and complex shape. The way out, in this case, is the widespread use of additive technologies in this case. In this case, the parts are made of plastic. The most common materials are ABS; petg; PVA. Compared to steels, they have very low mechanical characteristics such as yield strength, elastic modulus, etc. Therefore, their use for the manufacture of tooling should be accompanied by appropriate design calculations that can be performed in one of the common CAD systems.