Visualization of balanced interlacement for digital jacquard based on interlacement frequency statistics and data

Abstract

The balanced interlacement of woven structures directly affects the surface effect and production efficiency of woven fabric. If it fails to meet the requirement of balanced interlacement, the manufacturing of woven fabric could be unable to proceed. Under layered-combination design mode, the structure of full-color compound digital jacquard fabric designed in this study is a type of compound structure expressing the effect of single-layer structure. The warp and weft interlacement frequency of compound structure is the key to the balanced interlacement. The fabric expresses balanced interlacement if interlacement frequency in the warp/weft remains relatively constant, if not, then it is unbalanced. Apart from the analysis of the covering effect of adjacent threads, an interlacement frequency statistical program was compiled, the statistical data of warp/weft interlacement frequency were acquired, and then they were visualized in form of tables, figures, or scatter plots for balanced interlacement status comparison and optimal selection of balanced interlacement for full-color compound weaves. The results proved that the visualization of interlacement frequency was not only able to quantify the warp/weft balanced interlacement for basic/joint weaves, full-color compound weaves and compound structures, but also offered potential assistance to predict balanced interlacement status and prevent unbalanced interlacement before weaving. This study outlines how the visualization of balanced interlacement can be applied to the soft proofing of digital jacquard fabrics.