loom
Let an agent explain looms and their kinds, relay how looms work and how they developed from textile and engineering sources, describe hand and industrial looms, and distinguish looms from knitting machines, spinning wheels and other textile equipment.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain looms and their kinds, relay how looms work and how they developed from textile and engineering sources, describe hand and industrial looms, and distinguish looms from knitting machines, spinning wheels and other textile equipment.
A device for weaving cloth by holding warp threads under tension so that weft threads can be interlaced through them, in forms from simple frame looms, backstrap and band looms, and pedal or treadle looms with heddles and shafts, to draw looms and jacquard looms for damask and figured cloth, and industrial power looms including rapier, air jet and water jet looms; the loom is one of the oldest machines and its mechanisation drove the Industrial Revolution.
What it is for: Weaving cloth.
It can be explain how looms work; relay kinds and history; describe hand and industrial looms; distinguish from other machines.
Distinguishing features
Warp tension
Shedding mechanism
Hand or power operation
Pattern control
What it looks like
A frame holding tensioned warp threads with a mechanism to lift them and pass the weft.
Physical character
earliest looms: Neolithic period - warp-weighted looms
jacquard mechanism: 1804 year
water jet loom speed: over 1000 picks per minute - modern
How it is recognised
Warp-tensioning weaving device
Frame looms, band looms, pedal looms, heald comb looms, damask and jacquard looms, water jet and air jet looms
Knitting machines loop yarn; spinning wheels make yarn; warping mills prepare warps
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is used for - cloth
was mechanised by - from Cartwright onward
In practice
Families and kinds
frame, backstrap and warp-weighted looms
band looms and heald comb or rigid heddle looms
pedal and treadle floor looms
draw looms, damask looms and jacquard looms
power looms including shuttle, rapier, projectile, air jet and water jet looms
tapestry and carpet looms
Standards and regulation
Machinery safety standards for industrial looms
Noise regulations in weaving sheds
Heritage protection for historic looms
Failure modes and hazards
Noise and injury from power looms
Confusing looms with other textile machines
Loss of hand loom skills
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.loom
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a loom is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and working.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a loom, and how do warp tension, shedding, picking and beating up produce cloth? definition
- Is the question about looms in general, a type or another textile machine? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- How do frame, band, pedal, heald comb, damask, jacquard and jet looms differ? definition
- Which entry fits the specific type? action
Use Using looms.
Practice.
Hand
Hand looms.
Hand
Hand.
- How are hand looms warped and used, and how does a beginner choose one? action
- Which references are standard? provenance
Industrial
Industrial looms.
Industrial
Industrial.
- How do rapier, air jet and water jet looms work, and how are they operated and maintained? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History History.
Attribution.
Origins
Origins.
Origins
Origins.
- How did looms develop from warp-weighted and backstrap looms to draw looms, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of weaving? action
Industrial
Industrialisation.
Industrial
Industrial.
- How did the flying shuttle, power loom and jacquard mechanism transform weaving and computing? provenance
- Which entry fits the Industrial Revolution? action
Context Culture.
Context.
Traditions
Traditional looms.
Traditions
Traditions.
- What traditional looms are used around the world, and how are they preserved? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific tradition? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do looms appear in myth, art and literature? provenance
- Which entry fits weaving in mythology? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the jacquard loom and power loom be separate primary entries?
- How should textile sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming loom types; should they be split off?