Design of a PC Driven Selection Box for a Jacquard Mechanism on a Conventional Carpet Weaving Loom

Year 2009, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 17 - 22, 15.06.2009

Mustafa Dülger

Abstract

in this work, a study on replacing design pattern feeding system of a classical jacquard mechanism with that of a computer controlled electronic unit is presented. This unit is named as the Selection Box (SB). Selection Box is composed of a set of solenoid matrixes. Selection Box is modelled to replace perforated cards in a classical jacquard mechanism. Solenoids are controlled with an IBM Personal Computer. A full Application Software package in C++ (HL) is developed in order to feed Weaving Pattern drawn in a bitmap format to the Selection Box. Objectives of the Application Software are presented. All hardware components are put into a Model Set-Up and tested with the Application Software.

Keywords

Punch Card, Jacquard Mechanism, Solenoid Matrix, Loom, Weaving Pattern

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