A shedding assembly with a shedding machine includes an eccentric system which defines an eccentric center distance, a first connecting rod, actuated by the eccentric system to actuate a first lever and defining a connecting rod center distance, and a second connecting rod, making the first lever pivot in conjunction with that of a second lever to actuate a heald frame. To facilitate adjustment, the shedding machine includes an adjustment system, which allows at least one adjustment configuration where one of the center-to-center distances is adjustable, as well as a follower member equipping the second connecting rod. The shedding assembly comprises a flap for moving the second connecting rod by driving the follower member for adjusting the center distance when the adjustment system is in the adjustment configuration.

A weaving loom produces a fabric (F), with warp yarns and in-woven weft yarns. The weaving loom includes a warp delivery unit, heddles to form a shed, a shedding mechanism for moving each heddle vertically along a vertical path, a weft insertion means for inserting each weft yarn in a shed and for releasing each weft yarn at a given location along a weft axis, and a weft delivery means for delivering each weft yarn to the weft insertion means. The weaving loom also includes a programmable clamping means for picking up a first end of each weft yarn and for releasing each weft yarn at any predetermined position along the weft axis, and a programmable mechanism including actuators for semi-closing the shed around the inserted weft yarn at any predetermined position along the weft axis.

A shedding machine includes an eccentric system rotatable about a main axis; a lever; and a transmission rod, coupled to the eccentric system and pivotally to the lever about the eccentric axis and connecting rod axis spaced apart by a connecting rod center distance, the main axis and the eccentric axis being spaced apart by an eccentric center distance. To facilitate the adjustment of the stroke of a heald frame operated by the machine, which includes an adjustment system, allowing an adjustment configuration where the eccentric distance or connecting rod distance is adjustable, and a locked configuration where these distances are fixed. The machine also includes a locking system, which allows lever locking and lever release configurations.

A device (1) equipped with pattern-controlled components (2) for pattern-controlled feeding and/or selection of yarn for a textile machine, comprising a plurality of actuators (4) and a cooling circuit (5, 8) through which coolant is flowable for the cooling of the actuators (4), whereby the actuators (4) in the device (1) are installed alongside the cooling circuit (5, 8) and are mountable so as to be detachable so that the actuators can be removed without interrupting the cooling circuit (5, 8). Furthermore, a textile machine comprising such a device (1).

A machine for fabricating three-dimensional interlaced composite components including a frame, a deposition surface, a first set of two or more warp heads, a second set of two or more of warp heads, and a weft inserter. An interlaced composite component including a first set of two or more warp filaments parallel to each other and a first set of two or more weft filaments parallel to each other. Warp filaments are interlaced with, and bonded to, weft filaments s. Warp filaments and weft filaments are interlaced in at least two different weave patterns. Warp filaments and weft filaments are continuous, and the weave patterns transition from one pattern to another.

A drive mechanism for driving a heald frame of a weaving machine, the drive mechanism having a crank rotating about a crank axis, a coupling rod, and a swivel lever having a first arm and a second arm, the coupling rod is linked to the first arm of the swivel lever by a second hinged joint adjustable with respect to the first arm of the swivel lever, wherein in at intended locations of the second hinged joint with respect to the first arm of the swivel lever, the second hinged joint is situated on an arc of an imaginary circle when the swivel lever is in a central position between the upper position and the lower position, wherein the imaginary circle has a radius that is equal to the distance between the first hinged joint and the second hinged joint, and the imaginary circle has a center that coincides with the crank axis.

A drive mechanism for driving a heald frame of a weaving machine, the drive mechanism having a sensor device, wherein the sensor device has at least three members having both a target set with one or more targets and a detector set with one or more detectors, wherein one of the detector set and the target set is arranged at the swivel lever and the other one is arranged stationary on the weaving machine, targets of the target set and/or detectors of the detector set have different characteristics for generating a first signal when approaching the measuring position from the upper position or when departing from the measuring position towards the upper position and for generating a second signal when approaching the measuring position from the lower position or when departing from the measuring position towards the lower position, and the second signal differs from the first signal.

A loom allows a implementing a method for weaving a fabric (F), with warp yarns (412, 414, 422, 424) and inwoven weft yarns (61, 62, W1-W5). The loom (2) comprises a warp delivery unit (8); heddles (14) for moving warp yarns in order to form a shed; a mechanism (12) for moving (F1) each heddle vertically along a vertical path; weft insertion means (21, 22) for inserting each weft yarn in a shed (S1, S2) and for releasing the weft yarn at a given location along a weft axis (Y1, Y2); and weft delivery means (28) for delivering weft yarns (61, 62, W1-W5) to the weft insertion means, this method comprising, for at least two consecutive picks, at least the following steps consisting in a) opening the shed (S1, S2); b) picking, by the weft insertion means (21, 22), of a first end (612, 622) of a weft yarn (61, 62, W1-W5) presented by the weft delivery means (28); c) drawing (A3) the weft yarn into the shed, along the weft axis (Y1, Y2); d) releasing the weft yarn at the predetermined position along the weft axis; e) withdrawing the insertion means from the shed; and f) beating-up the weft yarn wherein, during step c), the shed is closed around the inserted weft yarn (61, 62), by moving warp yarns (412, 414, 422, 424) of a predetermined group (G4, G4) of warp yarns to a semi-closed position. The loom also comprises programmable clamping means (24) for picking up the first end (612,622) of the weft yarn (61, 62, W1-W5) at step b), for drawing the weft yarn into the shed at step c) and for releasing the weft yarn at step d), at any predetermined position along the weft axis (Y1, Y2) and a programmable mechanism (12) including actuators for semi-closing the shed around the inserted weft yarn during step c), at any predetermined position along the weft axis.

A shedding machine includes an eccentric system rotatable about a main axis; a lever; and a transmission rod, coupled to the eccentric system and pivotally to the lever about the eccentric axis and connecting rod axis spaced apart by a connecting rod center distance, the main axis and the eccentric axis being spaced apart by an eccentric center distance. To facilitate the adjustment of the stroke of a heald frame operated by the machine, which includes an adjustment system, allowing an adjustment configuration where the eccentric distance or connecting rod distance is adjustable, and a locked configuration where these distances are fixed. The machine also includes a locking system, which allows lever locking and lever release configurations.

A method for weaving a fabric (F), with warp yarns (412, 414, 422, 424) and inwoven weft yarns (61, 62, W1-W5), on a loom (2) which comprises a warp delivery unit (8); heddles (14) for moving warp yarns in order to form a shed; a mechanism (12) for moving (F1) each heddle vertically along a vertical path; weft insertion means (21, 22) for inserting each weft yarn in a shed (S1, S2) and for releasing the weft yarn at a given location along a weft axis (Y1, Y2); and weft delivery means (28) for delivering weft yarns (61, 62, W1-W5) to the weft insertion means, this method comprising, for at least two consecutive picks, at least the following steps consisting in a) opening the shed (S1, S2); b) picking, by the weft insertion means (21, 22), of a first end (612, 622) of a weft yarn (61, 62, W1-W5) presented by the weft delivery means (28); c) drawing (A3) the weft yarn into the shed, along the weft axis (Y1, Y2); d) releasing the weft yarn at the predetermined position along the weft axis; e) withdrawing the insertion means from the shed; and f) beating-up the weft yarn wherein, during step c), the shed is closed around the inserted weft yarn (61, 62), by moving warp yarns (412, 414, 422, 424) of a predetermined group (G4, G4) of warp yarns to a semi-closed position.