Experiment no: 11 Experiment name: Study on seven wheel take up mechanism.

Objects:
1.To know about the construction of the mechanism. 2.To know about drive of the take-up motion.

Experiment date: 05/09/04

Introduction: Take-up is to draw a fabric to the cloth roller regularly as it is woven. Texture of
a fabric largely depends upon the number of ends and picks per centimeter or inch. This motion determines the number of picks of weft per inch or centimeter and contributes to the uniform texture of the fabric. It is the work of the weaver for accurately fixing the position of the fell of the cloth before starting a loom.

Main parts:
1.Sley 2.Sleysword 3.Connecting rod 4.Monkey tail 5.Holding pawl 6.Pulling pawl 7.Rachet 8.Standard wheel 9.Change pinion 10.Stud pinion 11.Stud wheel 12.Swing pinion 13.Take-up roller 14.Cloth roller

Mechanism: This positive take-up mechanism consists of seven wheels. These are i)Rachet,
ii)Standard wheel, iii)Change pinion, iv)Stud pinion, v)Stud wheel, vi)Swing pinion and vii)Take-up roller wheel. The motion is primarily imparted from the sleysword. The sleysword is connected to the sley that gets motion from crank shaft and the crank shaft gets motion from motor by gearing. At the bottom of sleysword a connecting rod is connected which passes the motion to the monkey tail. The monkey tail is fulcrumed with two pawls: the upper is holding pawl and lower is pulling pawl. These two pawls are mounted freely to the rachet wheel which is connected with the standard wheel by shaft. Over the standard wheel the change pinion is geared. The change pinion is connected with the stud pinion by shaft and the stud wheel is geared with the stud pinion upon it. The swing pinion is connected with the stud wheel and the cloth take-up roller wheel is geared with the swing pinion. The cylinder upon which the woven fabric is wound, is connected with this wheel by shaft. Now when the sley moves one time after one pick insertion the connecting rod pass this motion to the monkey tail and as the pawls are fulcrumed with monkey tail they get downward motion. Using this downward motion the pushing pawl pulls the rachet wheel one time and the holding pawl holds the rachet in this position. Finally the cloth roller gets the motion by gear train and thus fabric is wound on cloth roller continuously with the weaving of fabric.

Advantages of 7 take-up wheel over 5 wheel take-up mechanism:

1.It can give a larger number of picks per inch in cloth from a small stock of wheels by changing two wheels in the train, 2.It can give even a fraction of a pick per inch in cloth and 3.The number of teeth in the change wheel and the number of picks per quarter-inch has been simplified.