The loom

Machine for the mechanical production of fabrics, recently called weaving machine; the weaving process develops in the following operations:
1. shedding (division of the warp threads into raised and lowered);
2. weft insertion;
3. weft beat-up; beating up of the last inserted weft against the selvedge by the reed;
4. regulating, i.e. pulling off the warp from the warp beam and winding the fabric onto the cloth beam.