New Technologies and New Products in the Field of Weaving

Abstract

There has been no spectacular systematic news in the field of machines for warp preparation and weaving recently. New developments are mostly concerned with additional devices on the existing machines, their improvements, and higher level of productivity and automation. Accent has been given to the quality control of final products and economical energy usage. Big and well known machine producers from Western Europe are the leaders in improving the quality of warp preparation and automation of machines - Benninger, Sucker Müller Hacoba, Karl Mayer, etc. The most outstanding development in weaving is surely the improvement of the recent systematic solution for multiphase weaving employing serial shedding, realised in the model M83OO by Sulzer. Considerable attention has been paid to economy in production and elimination of fabric faults immediately after the picking line, and the most outstanding contribution has been given by the company of Picanol. Japanese companies Tsudakoma, Toyoda and Suzuki have also contributed considerably to higher productivity, flexibility and economy of weaving machines. Weaving of various types and even shapes of fabrics is one of the most pronounced novelties, especially the ability to weave tri-dimensional fabrics. Some of the world best known exhibitions and fairs have witnessed to the technique of weaving printed warps, and it offers the possibility of creating and altering fabric on the weaving machine itself, without using a jacquard mechanism.