Corduroy is a fabric, usually made of cotton, with a cut-pile weave construction.
Extra sets of filling yarns are woven into the fabric to form ridges of yarn on
the surface. The ridges are made so that clear lines can be seen when the pile is
cut.
This particularly dense fabric construction is ideally suited for production on
the SHIVA DR II PLUS machine. when equipped with a dobby. All type of corduroy weave
is possible.
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Denim was originally workwear. Fashion shifted from blue open-end jeans to different
colors and a softer touch (lyocell, ring spun), elastic jeans (elastane), jeans
with quite different fashion yarns.
Light Denim can be woven on the SHIVA DR II PLUS machine i.e. 190 cm wide loom.
Equipped with a double pressure roller on the sand roller take-up, which prevents
any reverse slippage of the fabric.
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Handkerchief may be plain or barred and can be white, dyed or printed. Poplin is
a medium spun style, with rectangular construction, mostly plain weave.
The Trendy Rapier Weaving Machine has acquired a reputation for efficient
weaving of fine cotton fabric constructions, such as fancy shirting and handkerchiefs.
The shed geometry and the gripper and tape guiding system lend themselves to dobby
weaves with a large number of harnesses. Constructions with quite different warp
tension levels in the main body of the fabric and a border or rib with another weave
pattern are handled easily. The SHIVA DR II PLUS is designed to allow the weaver
maximum freedom with textile settings.
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High twist is a light filament style. It is also called crepe or crepe de chine
and is mainly used in ladies' wear.
Crepe-like fabrics with highly twisted warp and weft yarns in extremely complex
harness and draw patterns are ideally suited for the SHIVA DR I Machines.
They show good performance figures, as their maximum speed is always attainable,
even when the shedding motion is made to work very hard.
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Suiting is a general term for fabrics used for coats and suits for both men and
women.
Linen weaving calls for considerable expertise to achieve good productivity. The
SHIVA DR II PLUS embodies the experience of many years in weaving with many different
types of flax yarns. Whether the fabrics are of basic construction or have the complexity
of a Jacquard weave, there is a SHIVA DR II PLUS available to suit. Most are fitted
with a dobby system, which gives the greatest flexibility and quickest production
times for small batches.
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Suiting is a general term for fabrics used for coats and suits for both men and
women. Man-made fibre suiting fabrics can either be woven with airjet or rapier
weaving technology.
Weaving synthetic suiting materials is fairly straightforward and poses no problem
with the SHIVA DR I weaving machine. To add value to such fabrics, dobby and the
name selvedge is often used. This makes the fabric look as if it were produced with
all the attention normally devoted to worsteds.
An enhancement is possible by creating a name selvedge. This can be done in a limited
way using extra harnesses from the dobby.
The Elecronic Piezo Sensor (weft braking sensor), with which the SHIVA DR I is equipped
to weave such fabrics, also helps to give the fabric that essential touch by making
it possible to modify the weft tension during insertion and thereby the hand of
the fabric.
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Poplin is a medium-spun style, with rectangular construction, mostly plain weave.
Gingham is yarn-dyed or printed medium poplin. It is a medium-weight, plain-weave
fabric with a plaid or check pattern. Shirting poplin is used for shirting, often
also fancy poplin.
The shed geometrics of the SHIVA DR II PLUS are designed to yield the best possible
treatment of the warp yarns. With finer yarn counts, this immediately results in
fewer warp stops.
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Worsted is a tightly woven fabric made by using only long staple, combed wool or
wool-blend yarns.
Woollike fabrics are made from worsted blends. They are very much the vogue today
since the major fibres used nylon and polyester; provide very good service to the
consumer.
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