Principles of Weaving

Clean sound reading copy with unmarked text. previous owners name neatly blacked out on the inside cover. Secure packaging! This book explains the principles involved in the various mechanisms of a loom. It has been produced with the specific objective of complementing the author's previous work, 'Woven Cloth Construction'. An outline of the weaving process introduces the book, and this is followed bya study of the interrelationship between the movement and the timing of the primary motions of the loom. the main mechanisms of looms are then dealt with in the following chapters, consideration being given to mechanical and mathematical theories. The principles of the newer methods of weft insertion receive a collective treatment, an dthis is followed by a chapter on cloth formation and warp and cloth control. The later chapters are devoted to stop motions, weft-patterning, weft replenishment, and loom drives. h1.