Braid, not knit. The first sentence gets it right: Bertha (pictured above) is an automated braiding machine. But the title and later in the article, the auth

Braid, not knit. The first sentence gets it right: Bertha (pictured above) is an automated braiding machine. But the title and later in the article, the author uses "knit", which is an entirely different structure with different manufacturing approaches and engineering properties. Sadly, one of the most spectacular videos of a high-end modern carbon fibre braiding machine I've ever seen ... was an incorrectly posted internal video (iirc, from Toyota), and was taken down. The big modern machines like the ones cited here inherit from, but significantly evolve, braiding machines as developed early in the Industrial Revolution. Better tension control, braid formation management, and the ability to perfectly handle ribbon-like materials are among the improvements.