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Product List for Tubular Braid

DESIGN OF TUBULAR BRAID

Tubular braid in both metal & non-metallic construction is normally designed to give a maximum practical coverage of the component to be covered. This is normally in the region of 95-97%.

The coverage is specified by:

Number of spindles on the braiding machine
Number of ends of wire or yarn per spindle
Diameter of wire or yarn
Angle of lay (braid angle)

A typical example using wire:
50 mm id x 60 x 12 x 0.314mm (30 swg) x 52o

This indicates:

Braid for 50mm outer diameter tube
60 spindle braiding machine
12 ends of wire or yarn per spindle
0.314mm diameter of wire or yarn
52o braid angle

This would give coverage of approximately 97%

‘Plait’ indicates the number of groups of wires or yarns / cm (inch)

Plaits / cm (inch) = ½ number of spindles Pitch in cm (inch)

Our standard coverage for wire & yarn tubular braid is shown in metal tubular braid (wire) & non-metallic tubular braid (yarn) but these can be modified to meet particular requirements.

Materials of Construction
Practically, any metal that can be drawn into wire & a wide variety of yarns can be used, but for economical reasons, only certain types of wires & yarns in certain diameters are stocked as standard.

For other wires & yarns in differing diameters, non-standard materials can be purchased & converted to tubular braid.

Supply Options
The tubular braid can either be supplied:

Directly over the pipe, hose, wiring, metal bellows etc
Supplied in lengths & spooled

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