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  2. Bancroft Shed - Wikipedia

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    The weaving shed was completed in 1920 and the opening ceremony was performed in March 1920. About 50 Lancashire looms were installed and weavers from Calf Hall were brought in on a standard wage to loom-in. In 1920, most four-loom weavers were on piece work and were expected to weave six pieces each of 100 yards (91 m) a week for 6s each ...

  3. Weaving - Wikipedia

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    The power weavers loom is warped by separate workers. Most looms used for industrial purposes have a machine that ties new warps threads to the waste of previously used warps threads, while still on the loom, then an operator rolls the old and new threads back on the warp beam. The harnesses are controlled by cams, dobbies or a Jacquard head.

  4. Warp-weighted loom - Wikipedia

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    The warp-weighted loom may have originated in the Neolithic period. The earliest evidence of warp-weighted looms comes from sites belonging to the Starčevo culture in modern Serbia and Hungary from late Neolithic sites in Switzerland. [4] This loom was used in Ancient Greece, and spread north and west throughout Europe thereafter. [5]

  5. Drop box (weaving device) - Wikipedia

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    In weaving, a drop box or dropbox is a housing for a shuttle, invented in 1759 [1] or 1760 [2] by Robert Kay (1727-1802) in Bury, Lancashire. [3] The box sits beside a loom and allows one to rapidly switch between two shuttles with bobbins, usually of different colors, making it easier and quicker to weave multiple colors for figured fabrics or ...

  6. Luddite - Wikipedia

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    They wrecked specific types of machinery that posed a threat to the particular industrial interests in each region. In the Midlands, these were the "wide" knitting frames used to make cheap and inferior lace articles. [19] In the North West, weavers sought to eliminate the steam-powered looms threatening wages in the cotton trade.

  7. Draper Corporation - Wikipedia

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    In 1816, shortly after the first successful power loom in the United States was developed by Paul Moody at Waltham, Massachusetts, Ira was granted a patent on an improved flyshuttle hand loom and the first self-acting temple. [2] A temple is part of a loom used to improve the edges of the fabric. The improvement allowed a weaver to run two ...

  8. Jacquard machine - Wikipedia

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    It is the "Jacquard head" that adapts to a great many dobby looms that allow the weaving machine to then create the intricate patterns often seen in Jacquard weaving. Jacquard-driven looms, although relatively common in the textile industry, are not as ubiquitous as dobby looms which are usually faster and much cheaper to operate.

  9. Category:Weaving equipment - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Weaving equipment" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. ... Rapier loom; Reed (weaving) Roberts Loom; S. Shuttle (weaving ...

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