What are the advantages of rapier looms
The biggest advantage of the rigid rapier loom weft insertion system is to actively transfer the weft to the center of the weaving mouth without any guiding device. The rigid rapier loom occupies a large area, mainly because the reed width has a certain limit.
The weft insertion system of the flexible rapier loom is highly adaptable and has a wide range of applications. The weft insertion rate has increased significantly, and the reed width is up to 460cm.
In the last 15 years of the 20th century, electronic computers were introduced into looms, and the microelectronic CAD-CAM system was widely used, which made the perfect combination of microelectronic technology, information transmission technology and weaving technology. The combination of many electronic devices and systems with looms became a sword. The component part of the rod loom, especially the wide application of microelectronic technology on the rapier loom, including weft insertion technology. Some weft insertion elements have been greatly improved, with small size and light weight.
Due to the wide application of microelectronics technology, the speed and weft insertion rate of rapier looms are greatly improved. In various weft insertion methods, such as projectile weft insertion, rapier weft insertion, air jet weft insertion and water jet weft insertion system, the rapier weft insertion speed is also very high except for air jet weft insertion. In the last 50 years of the 20th century, the rapier loom has made significant progress. Extraordinarily, the latest high-tech rapier loom was shown to the world at the 1995 Milan and 1999 Paris exhibitions.