Patent ID: 6863091
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: D03C,D03D

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a warp shed in a weaving loom having a fluidic weft insertion, a main loom drive shaft and a given weaving width, said weaving loom further including a plurality of heddles and a respective plurality of individually controllable heddle drives so that each heddle has its own drive, said method comprising the following steps: (a) allocating to said given weaving width of said weaving loom a weft entrance (A (b) fluidically inserting each weft thread into said warp shed from said shed entrance to said shed exit, (c) generating reference signals based on angular degrees of rotation of said main loom drive shaft, (d) providing separate heddle motion control signals for each of said individually controllable heddle drives, and (e) separately controlling each of said heddle drives by said separate heddle motion control signals in response to said angular reference signals so that a closure of said warp shed begins at said weft entrance (A