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loom

vr.tr.loom · PHY.OBJ

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

textile machine

is a kind of - in registry terms

weaving tools

is used for - cloth

weaving

was mechanised by - from Cartwright onward

power loom

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

water jet loombandloomdamask loompedal loomframe loomheald comb loomautomatic loomsingle-treadle loomvertical loomhorizontal loombackstrap loomdobby loomHattersley loompeg loomcomputerized loombroad loomleno loom

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.

  1. What is a loom, and how do warp tension, shedding, picking and beating up produce cloth? definition
  2. Is the question about looms in general, a type or another textile machine? boundary

Kinds

Kinds.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. How do frame, band, pedal, heald comb, damask, jacquard and jet looms differ? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific type? action
Use Using looms.

Practice.

Hand

Hand looms.

Hand

Hand.

  1. How are hand looms warped and used, and how does a beginner choose one? action
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Industrial

Industrial looms.

Industrial

Industrial.

  1. How do rapier, air jet and water jet looms work, and how are they operated and maintained? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
History History.

Attribution.

Origins

Origins.

Origins

Origins.

  1. How did looms develop from warp-weighted and backstrap looms to draw looms, as historians describe? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of weaving? action

Industrial

Industrialisation.

Industrial

Industrial.

  1. How did the flying shuttle, power loom and jacquard mechanism transform weaving and computing? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the Industrial Revolution? action
Context Culture.

Context.

Traditions

Traditional looms.

Traditions

Traditions.

  1. What traditional looms are used around the world, and how are they preserved? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific tradition? action

Culture

Culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How do looms appear in myth, art and literature? provenance
  2. 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?