Towelling and Terry Dobby Production
topic
Terry towelling production on dobby looms uses 6 to 8 shaft programmes controlling the alternating ground and pile pick sequences required for loop pile formation, with dobby programming enabling the production of both pile and flat border areas within the same fabric through programmed weave changes at the pile-to-border transition, and with dobby stripe patterns in the pile ground and decorative borders adding design value to standard terry towels at the pattern programming flexibility that dobby provides over simpler cam-controlled terry looms.
Role
Applies dobby programming capability to the technically demanding terry towelling production process where the ability to combine pile and flat weave areas within one fabric, to produce striped pile designs, and to weave decorative border patterns within the towel structure requires the shaft programming flexibility that dobby provides over single-pattern cam shedding used on simpler terry looms.