{"id":9269,"date":"2025-01-07T10:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T02:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.textile-fabric.com\/archives\/9269"},"modified":"2025-01-07T10:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T02:43:06","slug":"differences-between-rapier-looms-air-jet-looms-and-their-fabrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textile-fabric.com\/?p=9269","title":{"rendered":"Differences between rapier looms, air-jet looms and their fabrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-tools=\"135 Editor\" data-id=\"85946\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;font-family : 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 25.6px\">\n<section style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">\n<section style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;font-size: 12px\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px\">\u25b2<\/span>Rapier loom<\/span><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding : 0px;max-width: 100%\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;font-size: 12px\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px\">\u25b2<\/span>Air jet loom<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;clear: both;min-height: 1em\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;font-size: 18px\">Fabric distinction:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;font-size: 18px\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width : 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;line-height: 28.8px\">To determine whether a fabric is a sword-woven fabric or an air-jet fabric, you can look at the edge organization of the fabric:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 25.6px\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin : 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding : 0px;max-width: 100%\">(1) Usually the polyester-cotton thread is rapier (semming device), and the filament is air-jet weaving (planetary gear device).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue' , Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin : 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">(2) Air-jet double-open fabric, one side is thread and the other side is filament. (The middle is a locking device, and both sides have weft planetary gears. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue' , Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin : 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">(3) Rapier double-open fabric, the side yarns on both sides are polyester-cotton threads (both are hemming devices).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'MicrosoftYaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family : 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100 %;font-size: 18px\">Loom distinction:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB' , 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding : 0px;max-width: 100%\">Rapier loom:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">Use rigid or flexible rapier heads and belts to clamp and guide the weft yarn. In addition to being suitable for weaving plain and textured fabrics, the rapier loom is characterized by easy color change and is suitable for multi-color weft fabrics. Suitable for the production of yarn-dyed fabrics, double-layer velvet fabrics, terry fabrics and decorative fabrics.pan&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica , 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">Air jet loom:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">Use the jetted compressed airflow to pull the weft yarn and bring the weft yarn through the shed. The main features of the air-jet loom are fast speed and high labor productivity. It is suitable for plain and textured fabrics, fine and high-density fabrics and large batches. fabric. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size : 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100 %\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;font-size: 18px\">Advantages and disadvantages of gray fabric:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;font-size: 18px\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica , 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">(1) Jet machine produces gray cloth and general fine yarn productsThere are many varieties, and the varieties and grades are higher, mainly light and thin fabrics; rapier machines generally have more varieties of coarse yarns, and the varieties and grades are lower, mainly heavy and heavy fabrics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica , 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">(2) From the equipment point of view, air jet and rapier are just different in weft insertion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin : 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei' , Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">(3) The raw material cost is the same when weaving gray fabrics of the same organization, but the weaving cost is lower. For example, for twill weaving, the jet speed can reach more than 800 rpm, and the rapier can only turn about 180-200 rpm. One person can watch the jet block. 10-12 units, and 4-6 more arrow shafts <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans -serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family : 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;font-size: 18px\">Common characteristics and differences of fabrics<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><br style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Common characteristics:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">All edges are rough and can be the same specifications.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family : 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">Opposite gender:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">Under the premise that the yarn count and specifications are the same:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family : 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;line-height: 1.6\">\u2460 The jet weight is slightly lighter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">\u2461 The flatness of air-jet flat gray cloth is better than Rapier production. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">\u2462 Air-jet loom fabric shrinkage The corresponding size will be larger <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;clear: both;min-height: 1em;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial , sans-serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.75em\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\">\u2463 The quality of air-jet yarn is better than that of rapier.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>Extended reading:https:\/\/www.china-fire-retardant.com\/post\/9654.html<\/a><br \/> Extended reading: <a 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