Flow Chart of Weaving Process: Comprehensive Guide
In the textile sector, weaving is the result of interlacing between two different sets of yarn, which means warp and weft yarn. The fabric that is produced by using this interlacing technique is known as a woven fabric. Weaving is the manufacturing process of woven fabric. In this article, we are explaining the details of the Flow Chart of Weaving Process.
Weaving is a bigger and complex process of woven grey fabric manufacturing. The process begins after receiving yarn from spinning, followed by doubling and twisting. After the weaving process, we get the Grey Fabric to dispatch from the weaving section. Detailed Flow Chart of the Weaving Process in the following:
Comprehensive details of the Flow Chart of the Weaving Process
The actual process flow chart of weaving or woven fabric manufacturing is presented below:
Yarn Form Spinning
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Doubling & Twisting
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Winding
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Creeling
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Warping
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Sizing
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Drawing in / Drafting in
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Denting
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Looming
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Lying in
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Weaving
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Grey Fabric
All the above processes have been discussed below:
Yarn Form Spinning
Fibers are twisted together to make yarn with the required strength and fineness.
Doubling & Twisting
Two or more yarns are combined and twisted to improve strength and uniformity.
Winding
Yarn is transferred from one package to another in a suitable form for the next process.
Warp preparation:
The main purpose of warp preparation is to transfer yarn to a weaver’s beam from the spinner’s package, which can be placed behind a loom, ready for woven fabric manufacturing. Normally, a weaver’s beam contains at least a few thousand ends.
Cone, cheese, pirn, cop winding:
It is a method of transferring yarns from cones, hanks, and bobbins into a suitable form of package. Here, the length of the yarn should be longer. Normally, this process is used to form a single yarn package that will be suitable for the next processes.
Creeling:
It is the placement of full packages in a position that is ready to be unwound as part of the transfer operations. Â In other words, it is the removal of the exhausted packages and their replacement with full ones.
Warping:
The parallel winding of warp yarn from so many winding packages, such as cone, cheese, pirn, cop, etc., into the warp beam is known as warping.
Sizing:
It is the process of applying protective adhesive coating on the yarn surface is termed as sizing. Sizing increases the yarn strength, elasticity of yarn, weight of yarn, etc.
Drafting:
In the textile weaving sector, it is known as the selection of harnesses or heald frames for individual warp yarn according to the design.
Denting:
In the woven fabric manufacturing industry, denting means drawing the warp yarn through the dent as required by the reed plan. Denting determines more perfectly the width of the woven fabric and the ends per centimeter (EPI).
Looming
The prepared warp beam is mounted on the loom for weaving.
Lying in
Final adjustments and alignment of warp yarns before starting the loom.
Weaving
Warp and weft yarns are interlaced to form fabric.
Grey Fabric
The woven fabric is obtained in its unfinished, raw form.