🧵 Power Loom: Crank-Driven Sley, Shed Geometry, Shuttle Speed and Cloth Rate (2D side view)

Side view of a power loom with the crank, connecting rod and reed that beats the weft up, the warp running over the heald frames, and a top strip with the shuttle crossing the reed. Set loom speed, crank size, rod ratio, reed width, shed opening, warp tension and cloth density, and read the sley and shuttle speeds, warp strain and metres of cloth per hour. Five numerical checks.