Factors affecting air-jet looms weaving efficiency and productivity

Abstract

Airjet weaving is a type of weaving in which the filling yarn is inserted into the warp shed with the help of compressed air. It is a shuttle less loom and is capable of weaving at very high speed. Airjet looms have become very popular in recent years. The airjet weaving machine is considered as one of the top innovations of the last decade by the Textile World magazine. Nowadays the number of airjet looms manufacturers is increasing day by day. Intense research and development carried out very often on this loom. As a result, air jet looms are getting a wider usable capacity, faster, more informative data sharing and becoming more economical. The Textiles Company shows more interest to plant airjet looms in their new project nowadays. My objective was to find out the factors which affect airjet looms performance and efficiency. By carefully studying the fabric construction, fabric type, yarn quality, spinning problem, sizing quality, warping performance, fabric design, looms running condition, mechanical parts problem and excessive loom RPM, I was able to understand the correlation between these factors with the weaving efficiency and productivity. Subsequently, there are some other problems which generally create problems in airjet weaving performance. I discuss them also. I analyzed the efficiency and productivity after solving the factor and discussed it. This study provided me with valuable insights into the interactions between airjet looms efficiency and productivity with various factors. The findings I obtained are essential for optimizing the loom RPM and achieving the best efficiency and productivity in the airjet weaving process.