Practical Loom Experience on Weavability Limits

Abstract

Any one making a design for a woven fabric naturally wants to be sure in advance that the loom will weave the design. Thus, a practical designer, when first considering the use of Love's weavability graphs, is likely to ask himself: "The geometry may be all right, but how about loom performance? How closely can I expect the loom results to agree with the graph?" If the designer with these questions in mind wants a quick answer he can get it by looking down the columns in the data tables given in this paper. The last column in each table shows the difference between loom performance and graph prediction, a plus differ ence indicating that the loom outperforms the graph, and a minus that the loom does not come up to the graph. Then he can read the brief summary at the end. The general answer is that data comparing loom performance with graph limits of weav ability show Love's graphs to be useful practical guides to weavability.