In the early 1990s, AVL built our first custom loom, a very specialized dobby loom for a renowned textile designer. Since then, we've designed and constructed dozens of custom looms with features like:
- Full automation & semi-automated/hand weaving
- Training, research & small scale production
- Single, double and flexible rapiers
- 1-8 color weft delivery with accumulators for rapier
- Flyshuttle configurations including extra large flyshuttles
- Narrow to extra wide weaving widths (12 in to 20 ft)
- Electronic & mechanical dobby, electronic Jacquard & combo dobby-Jacquard designs
- Custom & 3-beam warp sustems
- Creel-based warp system
- Custom winding machines
- For various environments, including educational, industrial & showroom facilities
Our customers include an impressive array of some of the top textile companies, cottage industry weavers and universities. AVL looms are installed in multiple countries covering over half of all the world's continents.
Our expert engineering staff will merge your application requirements with the best weaving technologies available to us and package them to suit your environment. Contact us today and we'd be happy to discuss your ideas!
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