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Circular loom weaves carbon fibre pillars for Toyota Lexus
- by 17y agoGoogle tells us there are more than two circular looms in the world http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22circular+loom%22&btnG=Google+Search http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22ci... What is rare about it?
- ynniv 17y agoFrom the video, it appears that this loom has been specially constructed to keep the carbon fiber ribbon properly oriented as the spools move around.
- drp 17y agoIn other news, rare space station orbits the Earth. Is 'rare' really the best word for something like this?
- mastersenbie 17y agoAren't socks and pantyhose woven on circular looms?
- Daniel_Newby 17y agoAnd the braid of coax cables.
- whye 17y agoToyota has had a long history with circular looms. Sakichi Toyoda invented the circular loom in 1906. The profits from his automatic loom business were used to start his son's automobile manufacturing company.
- jrockway 17y agoThis article is interesting in that it shows the minimum amount of information required for something to be called an "article". Any less, and it would actually start to suck in nearby information and eventually explode.
- scott_s 17y agoThe article about the car itself has substance: http://jalopnik.com/5388538/2011-lexus-lfa-first-drive http://jalopnik.com/5388538/2011-lexus-lfa-first-drive
- ComputerGuru 17y agoThanks for the link. I never truly appreciated how much hacking and pure engineering there was going on in the car market.
- raintrees 17y agoAny idea how big the resulting weaved product is? I am having difficulty discerning scale....