The kinematic Design of Beating-up Mechanism for Water-jet Loom Series Modified from Air-jet Loom

For Toyoda looms with air-jet weft insertion,the beat-ing-up mechanisms together with those of Tsudakomawater-jet looms are analyzed.Then by changing thecrank length of the four-bar-linkage for the air-jetlooms to get four specifications of reed travel correspond-ing to the series of Tsudakoma water-jet looms,it canbe proved by comparisons of displacements,velocities,accelerations and transmission pressure angles that thosetwo series of mechanisms have very similar kinematicproperties.So the possibility of developing a series of wa-ter-jet looms modified from Toyoda air-jet looms isproved.It is beneficial to save the machine cost andbroaden the machine types.