Beams for Weaving Machines for Textile Machinery
Textile and clothing machine spare parts — what the part does, how to specify it, and the companies that supply it.
Every woven fabric starts life as yarn wound on a beam. The weaving beam — barrel, two flanges (beam heads) and a drive end — carries the warp into the loom and lets it off under controlled tension, pick by pick. Warper beams do the same job one stage earlier, holding the warp sheet built on the warping machine before it is transferred or taken to sizing. Beams are precision rotating equipment: their diameter, width, balance and surface condition decide how evenly a warp weaves, so replacement beams and beam components are core spare parts for any weaving mill.
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Warp Beams, Warper Beams and Cloth Beams
A loom's warp beam is specified by its barrel diameter, its working width between flanges, the flange diameter — which sets how much yarn the package holds — and the drive and brake arrangement of the loom. Larger flange diameters extend the run between beam changes but add weight and demand accurate balance at speed. Warper beams are built to suit warping machines and sectional warping, and the finished warp may be beamed off onto the loom beam or woven direct. At the other end of the loom, cloth beams wind the woven fabric; in heavy industrial weaving, beams for papermakers' felt looms are among the largest made, carrying wide, heavy felts under high tension.
Beam barrels are steel tube or fabricated steel, finished smooth so no burr can damage yarn, and the flanges must run true: run-out at the flange face becomes a tension wave across the warp.
Specifying a Replacement Beam
Order beams and beam parts against the loom or warper make and model, barrel and flange dimensions, and the drive pattern — gear, dog or shaft — used on the machine. The supplier below lists beams for all types of weaving machines, warper beams, beam heads and canisters, together with parts for papermakers' felt weaving machines and for velvet and upholstery looms. In the mill, beams earn their keep with basic care: keep barrels clean and rust-free, protect flanges from forklift knocks, store beams so packages are not distorted, and balance-check any beam that has been repaired before it goes back on a loom running at speed.
Companies Supplying Beams for Weaving Machines
Tranoco
Tranoco (USA) supplies beams for all types of weaving machines, warper beams, beam heads and canisters, plus mounting pads for isolating and reducing vibration. Its range covers parts for papermakers' felt weaving machines (Jäger, Jurgens and Texo), Flexhold yarn package adapters and holders that fit most any size cone or tube, parts for velvet and upholstery weaving machines (Van De Wiele, Guesken, Gunne MAV / SACM and Dornier), and miscellaneous loom parts such as harness frame parts, pulleys and ceramic thread guides.
Supplies: Beams for Weaving Machines · Warper Beams · Beam Heads · Canisters · Mounting Pads · Loom Parts
Textile & Clothing Machine Spare Parts
- Beam Heads
- Bulb Socket
- Cams
- Ceramic Friction Disks
- Ceramic Thread Guides
- Circular Knitting Machine Parts
- Creel Stands
- Cutters for Looms
- Cylinders
- Dials
- Electric Shears
- Feed Wheel
- Feeders
- Fineblanked Stampled Parts
- Flexible Card Clothing
- Grinder
- Grippers
- Guide Unit s - textile machinery
- Hosiery Camboxes
- Knitting Machine Spare Parts
- Loop Forming Elements
- Loose Needles
- Lycra Feeders
- Metallic Card Clothing
- Metallic Cleaning Tool
- Mounting Pads
- Papermakers for Felt Weaving
- Patterning
- Positive Feeders
- Poy Winder Machines
- Pulleys for textile machines
- Rapier Tapes
- Rapier Wheel
- Raschel Machinery Parts
- Rotary Hooks
- Safe Needles
- Sample
- Sensors for Looms
- Sewing Machinery Spare Parts
- Sinkers Rings
- Slide Electronic yarn Control Devices
- Springs for Textile Machines
- Stamped Bent Parts
- Stitch Bonding Machine Parts
- Striper
- Swatch Cutters
- Tension Meters
- Thread Break Guard
- Thread Guide Units
- Tricot Machinery Spare Parts
- Warp Knitting Spare Parts
- Warper Beams
- Weaving Machinery Spare Parts
- Weft Feeders
- Weight Scales
- yarn Carriers
- yarn Retainer
- yarn Sensor
- yarn Splicers
- yarn Suction Cups for Winders
- yarn Supervisor by Drop
- yarn Supervisor by Tearing
- yarn Supervisor by Tearing & Drop
Knitting & Weaving Machinery
- Circular Knitting Machinery
- Crotchet Knitting Machinery
- Double Jersey Knitting Machinery
- Fleece fabric Knitting Machines
- Hosiery / Socks Machinery
- Knitting Lubricator
- Knitting Software
- Mesh fabric Knitting Machines
- Pile fabric Knitting Machines
- Plush fabric Knitting Machines
- Rib fabric Knitting Machinery
- Ring Temples
- Seamless Knitting Machinery
- Sewing Machinery Attachments
- Single Jersey Knitting Machinery
- Terry fabric Knitting Machinery
- Terry Machinery
- Velour fabric Knitting Machinery
- Weaving Machines
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Common Questions
What sizes do weaving beams come in?
Beams are built to the machine: barrel diameter, flange diameter and width between flanges all follow the loom or warper model and the fabric width. There is no universal size, which is why beams are ordered against the machine maker's specification.
Can a damaged beam be repaired instead of replaced?
Minor flange damage and surface faults can be dressed or re-machined, and a repaired beam should be checked for true running and balance. A bent barrel or cracked flange usually means replacement — the cost of weaving faults from a bad beam quickly exceeds the price of a new one.
What is a canister in weaving preparation?
Canisters are the cans that hold drawn sliver or roving in spinning and preparation, and they appear in beam suppliers' catalogues alongside warper beams and beam heads as standard mill rotating and handling equipment.