Shuttle Loom

A shuttle loom is the traditional loom type that uses a shuttle to carry the weft yarn back and forth across the warp. Still common in many Indian powerloom clusters despite being slower than shuttle-less alternatives.

Shuttle looms run at 100–250 picks per minute — much slower than shuttle-less rapier, airjet, or water-jet looms. Despite the speed disadvantage, they remain widespread in Bhiwandi, Malegaon, and Ichalkaranji powerloom clusters because of low capital cost and long-running fleets that have not yet been replaced.

For ERP purposes, shuttle and shuttle-less units share the same operational vocabulary — beam, taka, doff, warp, weft — but the production rate and wastage profile differ significantly. MobiOffice tracks both with the same data model, scaled to the speed and shift pattern of each loom type.

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Powerloom
A powerloom is a mechanically powered weaving loom — as opposed to a handloom. In Indian usage, "powerloom" most often refers to the broad segment of small-to-mid-size weaving units running shuttle and shuttle-less mechanical looms.
Rapier Loom
A rapier loom is a shuttle-less loom that uses one or two rigid or flexible rapiers to carry the weft across the warp. Dominant in cotton-heavy clusters like Erode and Coimbatore.

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