Actuality and outlook for energy-saving of air-jet looms

Aiming at energy-saving of air-jet looms,this paper reviews the effective energy-saving strategies over the decade applied by textile enterprises and manufacturers of air-jet looms,pointing out that the remarkable energy-saving effect is obtained as a result of the adoption of frequency-conversion air compressors.As to energy-saving of air-jet looms,the key lies in optimizing the weft insertion process and selecting qualified components,along with application of RTC(the real-time control) system and the technology of direct driving the loom main shaft by manufacturers.The future orientation for developing the air-jet loom energy-saving is as follows: enhancing the research on the airflow-field distribution as to produce new-style components for energy-saving,exploiting the expert system of artificial intelligence,improving the level of machine design,reinforcing manufacture management,improving the weaving efficiency and putting heat-recovery in practice as well.