Air jet looms use compressed air to propel weft yarn across the warp yarn at rates up to 2850 meters per minute, allowing for multicolor weft insertion of up to 6 colors. Air jet looms have advantages like bidirectional computer communication, automatic pick repair, and controls on weft insertion timing, but their main disadvantage is higher power consumption due to compressed air use.

1. AIR JET LOOMS

2. INTRODUCTION
Air jet weaving is done on an air jet loom,
which propels yarn called "weft" by using
a jet of air. Weft yarn fills in the
lengthwise pattern set down first by the
"warp" yarn.
 Shuttle less Weaving Machines
are generally of wider widths
enabling the simultaneous
weaving of two or more
widths; up to 400/420 cms.
in the case of Air Jet.
 Weft insertion rate of Air
Jet Loom is 1500 - 2000
Mts / Min.

4. ADVANTAGES
 Maximum weft insertion rates of 2850
meters per minute.
 Multicolor weft insertion up to 6 colors.
 Unusual electronic features like:
 Bidirectional communication with host
computer.
 Automatic pick repairing.
 Automatic controls on weft insertion
timings.
 Looming robot and automatic cloth
doffing.
 For manufacture of Plain mass production

5. DISADVANTAGES
 Power consumption due to compressed
air.
The Next Step
 Air jet weaving may become computerized
soon after 2010.
 Experiments conducted in 2002 used a
computerized air jet loom with the
capacity to measure air and yarn
velocities.

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