Patent ID: 8490656

Claim:
A weaving method carried out on an apparatus including a weaving machine, a shedding machine and a control arrangement, wherein the weaving machine includes a rotational-speed changeable weaving drive, the shedding machine includes shedding devices that are selectively drivable by a single rotational-speed changeable shedding drive, and the control arrangement is arranged and adapted to respectively control the shedding drive and the weaving drive independently of one another, wherein the weaving method comprises the steps: a) carrying out a normal weaving operation, comprising operating the weaving drive to drive the weaving machine at a normal operating rotational speed and operating the shedding drive to drive the shedding machine, in essential synchronism with one another through control of the control arrangement; b) during the normal weaving operation, detecting an operating malfunction; c) in response to the detecting of the operating malfunction, through the control arrangement releasing the essential synchronism and reducing a rotational speed of the weaving machine to below the normal operating rotational speed; d) further in response to the detecting of the operating malfunction, through the control arrangement controlling movements of the shedding devices to enable elimination of the operating malfunction; e) in conjunction with the step d), performing measures to eliminate the operating malfunction; f) continuing to operate the shedding drive at or above a specified positive rotational speed and continuing to drive the shedding machine so that the shedding machine does not come to a standstill throughout the steps c), d) and e); and g) after eliminating the operating malfunction in the step e), through the control arrangement increasing the rotational speed of the weaving machine to a new operating rotational speed and resuming weaving operation with the shedding machine in essential synchronism with the weaving machine.