Lease and Separator Management in Preparatory
topic
Lease rod and separator management through the preparation sequence maintains end order from warping through sizing by preserving lease crosses in the warp sheet, with lease rods replaced with healds after drawing-in and with separator combs used during sizing to prevent adjacent ends from bonding together at elevated size pickup points, and with end separator combs at sizing machine exit separating ends before winding onto the weaver's beam to prevent mass end adhesion that would require time-consuming end separation at the loom.
Role
Preserves the individual identity and sequential order of warp ends through the preparation process from warping to drawing-in by maintaining the physical separation means that prevents end bundling and entanglement that would make individual end identification impossible during drawing-in, with lease and separator management being a practical quality management detail whose neglect causes significant time losses from end separation problems during drawing-in that require extensive manual work to resolve.