AKTU Advance Weaving Technology (BTT603) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech 3rd Year

Course Outcome: After completing the course student will be able to:

CO1 Understand different principles of Shuttle-less weaving, CO2 Understand the mechanism of projectile weaving, different weft feeding mechanism, CO3 Understand different rapier weaving mechanism, importance of control, CO4 Understand of principle of Air-Jet weaving, mechanism of beat-up in air-jet weaving CO5 Understand water-jet weaving mechanism, uses of water-jet loom, machine parameters for water-jet loom.

Unit 1: Principle of operation of shuttle less loom, Classification of shuttle less looms, Comparative study

of various systems of weft inserting, advantage of shuttle less looms over shuttle looms.

Total of lectures required=7

Unit-2: Basic operational principle of projectile weaving machinery, types of projectile, projectile guides;

Torsion bar picking mechanism of Sulzer projectile loom, beating, Selvedge formation, multi-colour weft feeding on projectile loom. sequence and timing of operations Total of lectures required=7

Unit-3: The Rapier system of weft insertion, Classification of Rapier looms and its description, Rapier

drives, working of some standard drive mechanisms. flexible and rigid rapier, weft transfer & weft Control mechanism, loom timing , rapier design, tip & loop transfer mechanism of rapier loom. Weft insertion rate & production calculation.

Total lectures required=7

Unit-4: Working principle of Air-jet weaving, essential requirements of air-jet loom, weft measuring, weft

tensioning devices, beating-up, weft gripping, weft cutting, weft stop motion selvedge formation, Tendom nozzle and relay nozzles, quality of compressed air for air jet loom, multiphase weaving Total lectures required=8

Unit-5: Weft insertions of water-jet loom , general description of the water-jet loom, weft supply system,

tension measuring device, water stream for weft insertion, fundamental problems of hydraulic weft insertion, Electronic dobby and electronic jacquard.

Total lectures required=7 Grand total of lectures required=36

Reference Books

1.Modern development in weaving machine by V wray Duxbury

1. Weaving mechanism, machine and Management by Talukdar. Sriramulu, Mahajan Publishers,
2. Weaving Mechanism by Robinson.
3. Modern weaving machinery Ormerd.
4. Principles of Woven Fabric Manufacturing by A. Majumdar, CRC Press (2016).
5. Principles of Weaving R. Marks & A. T. C. Robinson