Projectile Loom Maintenance and Wear Parts Management
topic
Projectile loom maintenance focuses on projectile gripper jaw spring fatigue replacement at defined cycle intervals, torsion bar inspection for fatigue cracking from repeated torsional loading, picking shoe wear monitoring, brake pad replacement on the receiving brake system, and guide comb and temple inspection that together constitute the mechanical wear parts subject to the high-cycle stress of continuous projectile insertion at 200 to 500 insertions per minute.
Role
Maintains projectile loom mechanical reliability and insertion consistency through systematic wear part replacement at condition-based or time-based intervals that prevent sudden failure of picking, braking, or gripper components causing unplanned production stops, with projectile and torsion bar condition monitoring being the highest priority maintenance tasks due to sudden failure risk from fatigue in these highly stressed components.