Section outline
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The classification of weaving machines is presented. A weaving machine's basic mechanisms are consecutively explained: Warp Let-off, Warp Shedding, Filling Insertion, Beat-Up, Take-up mechanisms, control of the motion of the mechanisms. The accent lays on the shedding mechanisms: cam shedding, dobby shedding and jacquard shedding, and the different types of filling insertion: shuttle weaving, air-jet weaving, water-jet weaving, projectile weaving, rapier weaving and multiphase weaving.