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Box Changing Motion

The document discusses the necessity of multiple box motion in conventional shuttle looms for introducing various weft patterns, which can involve different yarn colors, counts, twists, or materials. It classifies multiple box motions into circular and drop box systems, detailing their mechanisms and limitations, such as speed reduction and color sequencing constraints. Common fabrics produced using these systems include weft striped, check, and various types of cloth, with specific examples of box configurations like 2x1 and 4x1 drop box looms.

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Box Changing Motion

The document discusses the necessity of multiple box motion in conventional shuttle looms for introducing various weft patterns, which can involve different yarn colors, counts, twists, or materials. It classifies multiple box motions into circular and drop box systems, detailing their mechanisms and limitations, such as speed reduction and color sequencing constraints. Common fabrics produced using these systems include weft striped, check, and various types of cloth, with specific examples of box configurations like 2x1 and 4x1 drop box looms.

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Box changing motion

• Multiple box motion is necessary on a conventional shuttle loom,


when weft pattern is to be introduced across the fabric.
• Weft patterning may be necessary for weaving yarns of different
color, count, twist or material
• Each variation in the weft requires an individual shuttle and there
must be always one empty shuttle box in the system
• Use of multiple box reduces the speed of the loom by 10% as
compared to shuttle plain loom
• Some of the common fabrics produced on looms by using multiple
box motions are
– Weft striped
– Check
– Extra weft figured effects
– Crepe
– Georgette
– Double cloth
– Pique and certain varieties of towels, napkins and handkerchiefs
Classification of multiple box motions
1. Circular box system
2. Drop box system
Boxes on one side
Boxes on both sides
Box motion can be negative or positive type, the most
common being negative type
Circular box system
• Circular box units consist of six compartments for six individual
shuttles revolve on a spindle
• Examples include hattersley and whites circular box motions
• The presence of over pick stick causes difficulty of applying
automatic weft replenishment device on an automatic loom
DROP box system
• Drop box units operate on a rising
and falling principle
• A loom with a two box unit at one
side and a single box at the other
side of the loom is generally
described as a 2x1 box loom.
• One of the limitation is that only
one box movement is possible to
move from the box in use to either
of the adjacent boxes only, which
limits 3 colors in sequence
• The size of the shuttle
compartment is fixed and
• 2 x 1 box loom can insert two therefore any adjustment for worn
different wefts
• 4 x 1 box loom can introduce up
out shuttle is difficult
to four different wefts
• 2 x 1 box motion also known as weft mixing motion is used for
introducing same weft material of continuous filament after every
second pick from two shuttle with an object of minimizing
possibility of weft bars in the fabric
• 4 x 1 drop box motion on the loom is the most common type for
weft patterning to give a greater scope in cloth designing.
• A loom having multiple box units at both sides with 2 x 2 or
usually 4 x 4 can be used as pick and pick system or pick-at-will
system
• The insertion of a single pick or any possible number of times from
the either end of the loom to introduce any number of picks,
whether odd or even number, from the same shuttle is known as
pick-at-will
•
Crompton and Knowles 4ˣ1 Drop Box motion

• Starting position: Back eccentric


is at highest position and front
eccentric is at lowest position: top
box is at level of race board.
• Front eccentric is driven trough
half a revolution: one box
movement.
• Back eccentric is driven trough
half a revolution: Two box
movement
• Both eccentric moves in opposite
direction: three box movement
• Both eccentrics moves in same
direction: 1 box movement is
possible
There are 42 picks per
repeat.

2 picks white

4 picks Red

2 picks White

8 pick Blue

4 picks Yellow

10 picks Red

4 picks yellow
8 picks blue

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