The broken yarns show fabric defects. Shuttle looms are very noisy and PPM (Picks Per Minute�How many wefts laid in one minute) is 110 to 225. On the other hand looms that uses other devices to bring the filling yarn through the shed are called shuttleless looms. The source of the yarn for shuttleless looms are cones placed at the sides of the loom. Shuttle-less looms gives very high productivity at the same time they are less noisy when compared to shuttle-looms. They also have high productivity and fewer fabric faults.

(a) Kick pleat (b) Sunray pleat (c) Box pleat (d) pinch pleat 10. How several Rows of gathers is called as. (a) Shirring (b) pleats` (c) Tucks (d) darts Answer in a one word: 1. What is the other name for full dart? 2. What is pin tuck? 3. What is size of pin tuck? 4. In which pleat, two knife pleats are turned towards each other? 5. Where will a bobbin elastic be used? 139 PART � II Answer in a paragraph: 1. What is single dart? 2. What is French dart.