Loom is a mechanical device on circular knitting machine which can insert warp yarn and weft yarn to produce woven fabric. In weaving technology, loom is the principle mechanical device on circular knitting machine for weaving. Various types of loom are used for weaving. Changing the setting of loom can produce different types of designed fabrics.
Loom is a mechanical device interweaving yarn to fabric for dress or industrial uses.
Classification of loom: Fabric is produced by the means of loom. Loom has a long history. In the early of the fabric manufacturing history, man used hand loom to produce fabrics. With the development of loom, weaving mechanism is also changed. Nowadays, the loom which is used for fabric manufacturing has high production capacity as well as complex design production capacity.
Loom is classified into three types:
Conventional Loom:
1. Hand Loom
2. Plain Loom
3. Twill Loom
4. Dobby Loom
5. Jacquard Loom
Automatic Loom:
1. Modern Loom
2. Missile Loom or Projectile Loom
3. Rapier Loom
4. Water Jet Loom
5. Air Jet Loom
Special loom can be classified into shuttle loom and shuttle less loom further:
Shuttle loom: Shuttle loom is the loom that inserts weft yarn through the warp yarn. Conventional loom and automatic loom can also be considered as the shuttle loom. Other special types of shuttle loom include short loom, broad loom, pile loom, gauge loom and tri-axial loom etc.
Shuttle less loom: Shuttle less loom inserts weft yarn through warp yarn. The entire shuttle less loom is called as modern loom. The production capacity of shuttle less loom is higher than shuttle loom.
