Air-Jet Loom Applications in Commodity Fabric Markets
topic
Air-jet weaving dominates the production of commodity shirting, lining, sheeting, poplin, and simple dobby-pattern fabrics in cotton and polyester-cotton at fine to medium yarn counts, with the combination of the highest picks per minute, broad fabric width capability, and the suitability of smooth ring-spun and compact-spun yarns for air insertion making air-jet the lowest-cost-per-metre weaving technology for this yarn and fabric category that constitutes the largest volume segment of global woven fabric production.
Role
Establishes air-jet's dominant market position in high-volume commodity fabric production from the combination of speed and yarn compatibility that delivers the lowest fabric production cost per square metre in the cotton shirting and synthetic lining categories, with air-jet weaving rooms running 24-hour operations in South and Southeast Asian production centres representing the competitive benchmark against which all other weaving technologies must compete for these commodity fabric categories.