What is Rapier Weaving Machine? Rapier weaving machines use a rigid or flexible element called rapier to insert the weft yarn in the warp shed. Insertion of weft by rapier is a mechanically modern and refined version of the primitive method of fabric production in which the weft was secured in a slot of a […]
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What is Selvedge in Fabric? The warp-way strips that form the edges of the fabric are called selvedges or selvages. It is well-known fact that selvedges are necessary for any type of fabric. Selvedges provide strength to fabric for the subsequent handling. It binds the extreme outer ends of warp yarn with the weft to
What is Weft Accumulator? Weft accumulator or feeder is used to wind a predetermined yarn length to make it ready for insertion. It plays an important role in the weaving machines for supplying weft yarns at high speed to ensure high productivity and high-quality fabrics. Even though the weft packages are dispensed with in a
What is Shuttle Weaving? Shuttle weaving is a traditional method of weaving fabric. A shuttle in weaving is a device used with a loom by which weft is inserted on shuttle weaving machines. A shuttle loom uses a shuttle to carry the weft yarn. The shuttle carries a pirn (cop) on which sufficient weft yarn
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What is Projectile Loom? Projectile weaving machine or loom uses a projectile equipped with a gripper to insert the wept in the warp shed instead of a regular shuttle. The size of the projectile is much smaller, 90mm long, 14mm wide and 6mm thickness. The weight of the projectile is only 40g while the weight
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Weaving Mechanism of Loom: Weaving is a process in which the lengthwise yarns, called warp, and width-wise yarns, called weft, are interlaced. The interlacement of warp and wept yarns results in a material called fabric having tensile strength, flexibility and other essential properties. Each thread or yarn in a warp is called an end, and
Preparatory Processes for Weaving: The yarn manufactured in the spinning machine contains thick and thin places and objectionable faults. But for satisfactory weaving, the yarn should be free from thick and thin places and objectionable faults. Moreover, the packages from a spinning machine are small in the form of cops which usually weigh about 80g
Introduction: Fabrics are made by assembling yarn or fibers or a combination of both. They are assembled in such a way that due to their inter fiber frictional force, they produce a material that has strength, elongation, flexibility, abrasion resistance and other properties suitable for clothing and other end uses. Weaving and knitting are two
Weaving Process in Textile: Weaving is a process in which two sets of yarns are interlaced to form a fabric. The lengthwise set of yarn is called warp, and the widthwise yarn is called weft. To make fabric, the lengthwise yarn and the widthwise yarn have to be interlaced in such a way that the
Sizing Process in Weaving: Sizing is a generic term for applying various compounds to warp yarn to bind the fibers in the yarn together and to increase the strength and abrasion resistance of the yarn during weaving. The warp yarns, during weaving, undergo number of stresses and strains due to up and down motion of
