Rapier loom

The rapier moves across the width of the fabric, carrying the weft yarn across through the shed to the opposite side.

Rigid and flexible rapier machines operate at speeds ranging from about 200 to 260 ppm, using up to 1,300 meters of weft yarn every minute.

They can produce a wide variety of fabrics ranging from muslin to drapery and upholstery materials.

The main breakthrough came in 1922 when John Gabler invented the principle of loop transfer in the middle of the shed.

Moya, while R. Dewas introduced the idea of grasping the weft at its tip by the giver or a carrier rapier and transferring it to the taker or a receiver in the middle of the shed.