Loom type

Looms that traditionally use yarns for knitting can be divided into two categories: weaving and knitting. Looms include original shuttleless looms and new shuttleless looms. Shuttle looms mainly include rapier looms, air-jet looms, water-jet looms and projectile looms. Knitting machines are divided into warp knitting and weft knitting, and there are many subcategories below.

gripper loom

Rigid or flexible rapier heads and rapiers used in rapier looms hold and guide weft yarns. In addition to weaving plain and textured fabrics, rapier looms are characterized by convenient color change, and are suitable for multi-color weft fabrics, yarn-dyed, double-layer pile fabrics, terry fabrics and decorative fabrics.

air-jet loom

Air-jet looms use compressed air to jet and draw weft yarns and guide them through the shed. The biggest feature of air-jet loom is its high speed and high labor productivity, which is suitable for producing plain and textured fabrics, fine and extra-high density fabrics and large quantities of fabrics.

Hydraulic loom

Water-jet loom uses water as weft insertion medium, and the water jet produces friction traction on the weft, so that the weft on the fixed bobbin is introduced into the shed. Water jet loom has the characteristics of high speed and high unit output, and is mainly suitable for producing hydrophobic filament chemical fiber fabrics with smooth surface.

gripper loom

A projectile loom uses a small projectile loom with a gripper to grip the weft yarn and pick it up. The projectile loom has stable weft insertion, excellent fabric quality and few weft loops, and is suitable for producing multi-color weft fabrics, thin and thick fabrics and wide fabrics.