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This type of cylindrical arrangement has the advantage that it is more efficient with
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space than the flat-bed arrangement. Both equipment configurations can be easily
expanded through the addition of extra rings or flat tiles respectively (Thaxton et al.,
1991).

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Figure 2.15 Schematic of the 4-Step braiding process

Figure 2.16 Through-the-Thickness8 equipment developed at Atlantic Research
Corporation (courtesy of Atlantic Research Corporation)