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2021-2022

Ongoing Development :  Patterning, Manufacturing and Finishing Systems for Performance Fabrics

2022
Tensengral's AMBI Bra from cradle to consumer.

AMBI’s one piece, textural, woven beauty makes them distinctive in feel and form. These small-batch hand-crafted bralettes cradle and hold providing a fabric that stays with you in your waking and sleeping -- shaping to your contours by nature of  the inner-connected unbound, spiraling duel helices patterned filaments.


Getting to Know AMBI

2021

Our new lace braiding machines arrived at TEF Braids USA factory in Athol, New York, from Xuzhou Dongmai Trading Co., LTD in Xuzhou, China on Tuesday the 3rd of August, 2021. We would like to thank everyone at Xuzhou who helped create and deliver such fine machinery and Curtis Lumber of Warrensburg, New York, who assisted with their forklift to unload the the two ton boxes.

2021

New Manufacturing Facility:
572 High St, Athol, NY 12810, United States


2020
Next Century Lace Maker

Lacemakers Song:
Guide my hands with speed and grace
To weave the intricacies of this lace.
Let the bobbins weave with ease
To create a pattern that will please.

Let there be Love in its creation
And give it Artistry in its inspiration.
May special Care keep the threads from breaking
And give me Energy for its making.

Allow this lace to bring joy and pleasure
And give to others a lifelong treasure.

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TEF
ADVANCED BRAIDING

Innovating Textile Technologies for Production of Multi-Dimensional Filament Structures and Flexible Composites.

HYBRAID BRAID

HYBRAID  A textile crossbreed - combining the structural qualities of braided interlaced filaments and the resilience of knitted linked filaments, in the creation of multi-dimensional structures with intricately patterned, unbound lattice architecture that shape-shift with movement - distributing tensional forces. throughout the whole or within patterned zones.

THE ART OF
PATTERNING

TEF Braids’ singular catalogue has been created through proprietary patterning textile technology that guides reinvented braiding machines capable of simultaneously handling myriad yarns and materials, including specially engineered hybrids. 
Advanced textiles are comprised of diversified zones with targeted characteristics.  Predetermined areas are programmed to demonstrate a range of resistance, durability, compressibility, and breathability.  Within a single form, TEF’s precise patterned, linked, and interlaced filaments integrate seamless and infinite variations in texture, density, support, and stretch. 

Material ConneXion
2019

 Material Insight:
Tensionally Engineered Fibers (TEF)  Patterning by TEF Braids
MEDIA

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There are also interesting innovations taking place in digital production....
Engineered fabrics from Tef Braids’ – an upstate New York company targeting the fashion, sports, scientific, and medical markets – can create zoned performance within a finished textile using a proprietary patterning technology.

Home Textiles Today; Brave New World; Material Changes looks to the future; Jennifer Marks, December 26, 2017
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Discover TEF Braids, a textile-patterning technology, with Gayatri Keskar, Ph.D. of Material ConneXion.
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igh-performance fibers are interwoven to create structures with a wide range of applications, from footwear to furniture.
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Lace Braiding Machines for Composite Preform Manufacture

... However, one manufacturer currently offers engineered lace patterns for a myriad of applications including soft composites, sporting goods, and advanced apparel [1]. Several sources describe the esoteric nature and the lack of readily available design information
[2, 3]. Although, lace braiding machines have been used in medical applications and smart textiles [4].


David Branscomb, Yang Shen, Vladimir Quinones, Royall Broughton and David Beale (November 28th 2018). Lace Braiding Machines for Composite Preform Manufacture, Engineered Fabrics, Mukesh Kumar Singh, IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.82256.
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Artemide
Euroluce 2019

Turn Around
Carlotta de Bevilacqua - Artemide
featuring TEF Braids patterning

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(Euroluce 2019) | Photo: Federico Villa
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Multi-axial filament network comprising two sets of unified linked filaments that distribute tension between directionally opposed member -- merges seamlessly with a wide range of pattern variations -- generates material that is aesthetically unique, structural, flexible and conformal.    US 10159297
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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XhelX Pattern

UNBOUND
Memory Mesh

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TEF's extraordinary fabrics have the capacity to expand up to 10x their diameter.  Patterning can integrate logos, apertures, laces, and tags within the fabric.
BODYWEAR
Zonal
Patternng
Integrated
Lacing
Finishing
DEVELOPMENT

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FOOTWEAR
Zonal
Integrated
Lacing
Layers
DEVELOPMENT

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PATTERN
ENGINEERING

TEF’s proprietary CAD patterning software facilitates the development of patterns for fabric construction--forwarding the evolution of filament engineering via the creation of a visual map.
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BRAIDING
KNITTING
LACING

BRAIDING - Process involving forming a fabric by passing one or more strands alternately over or under one or more other strands, and the resulting products.
KNITTING - Process involving forming a fabric by interlacing strands in a series of connected loops with needles, and the resulting products.
LACING - Processes involving forming a fabric by linking and interlacing strands in patterned combinations, and the resulting products.

2018
PATTERNING

ZONAL
Patterning
Integrated
Conductive
DEVELOPMENT

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SLEEVES
Stable Uniform
10X+ Expansion

LACES
Braided Yarns
Core Yarns
Helical Twist Lace


TRUSS
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COMPOSITE
Flexible
Impact Resistant
DEVELOPMENT

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PATTERN GALLERY

XhelX / Expansion
Xhelix / Transition
XhelX / Shapeshifting
XhelX / Color Patterning
Xhelx / Color Patterning
Xhelx / Conformal Density
XhelX / Expansion
XhelX
XhelX
XhelX
XhelX
XhelX
XhelX
XhelX / Composite
XhelX / Composite
XhelX / Triple
XhelX
XhelX/Variation
XhelX
XhelX
2X
2X
Diamond
Diamond
Diamond
Diamond
DLR
TRI
TRI / Variation
TRI
DR
DR / Variation
DR / Expansion
HALT
HALT
ST / OPL / HALT
OPL / HALT
OPL
OPL/Shapeshift
OPL / Variation
OPL/Flat
OPL/Conform
OPL
ORL
NT
HT / Shapeshift
HT / Expansion
HT / Sleeve
HT / Variation
HT / Composite
HT
ST / Truss
ST / Truss
ST / Expanded
XHADS / Sleeve
XHADS / Variation
XHADS / Variations
XHADS / Sleeve
XHADS / Variation
XHADS / Variation
XHADS / Variation
XHADS / Variation
XHADS / Variation
XHADS / Sleeve
FR
FR
TRN
LACALD / Fabric
LACALD
LACALD
LACALX
DXHTR
DXHTR / Sleeve
DXTR
DXHT
DSC
TRI / OPL / HAL
HAL
TRILX
TRILX
DRX
DRX
TRIHL
PUTRDH
PTR
PDH
LAC
LAC
LAC
LAC
TDH
PDH
TEF Braids
572 High St, Athol, NY 12810
United States
+ 1 518 623 9141
info@tefbraids.com


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