The Production of kilim fabrics in mass production on shuttle-less looms, and giving them the appearance of handcraft.

Abstract

The demand for kilim products is becoming more and more needed in many markets. A new approach to reduce the production costs of the kilim based on the idea to produce kilim in mass production using the shuttle-less looms. The aim of this research is to find an innovative production methods with the helping of the textiles CAD/CAM systems and the superior facilities of the shuttle-less looms using a new weaving structures and an alternative effective fancy materials, to help the upholstery designers to build their own customers perspective products in order to reduce the cost of the traditional kilim products. This process starts with an open call on to a community of hobbyists and interested customers to hand in a new product concept. Feedbacks of the hobbyists and customers have produced as a kilim designs by the aid of the textiles CAD/CAM systems (computer aided design/ computer aided manufacturing) in order to be produced on the shuttle-less looms, and giving the produced kilim the appearance of the handcraft materials by making the kilim ending and intersections using the hand-made crochets. The experimental result indicates that kilims could be produced in mass production with shuttles looms. It is also found that the designs and motives of the woven kilims could be more detailed, However the cost of the produced woven kilims are 75% low in comparison to the handcraft kilims,however the maximum colours that could be woven together is six.