A Classification of Shedding Methods

摘要

The mono- and dual-directional shedding operations are foremost and indispensable for carrying out the 2D- and 3D-weaving processes respectively. These two classes of shedding operation comprise between them seven distinct categories of methods at present. A classification of the identified shedding methds has been evolved to form a frame of reference and to distiguish the technical differences between them.