Patent ID: 7063109

Claim:
A method for the insertion of a weft thread into a shed of an air jet weaving machine, wherein the weft thread is drawn off from a thread store, the drawn off weft thread being measured with the help of a measuring apparatus, wherein the weft thread is inserted into the shed by means of a plurality of air nozzles and a control system controlling the compressed air supply of the air nozzles in dependence on measurement values of the measuring apparatus, wherein switch on points are associated with the air nozzles; wherein predictor values for the position of the weft thread tip are formed with the help of the measurement values; wherein a safety value or factor is contained in the predictor values for the position of the weft thread tip; and wherein the control system charges one or more of the air nozzles with compressed air as soon as a predictor value for the position of the weft thread tip, which is formed with the help of the measurement values, reaches the switch on point of the relevant air nozzle or air nozzles, respectively.