1. Main production schemes

For dobby and Jacquard fabrics, there are three main production modes, depending on whether unbleached yarns are used (finished product known as "unbleached fabric") or dyed yarns – therefore not unbleached – (finished product known as "dyed woven"): sampling, small/medium production and large production. They differ in the length of fabric to be produced, which ranges from :

• 0 and 50 m for the sampling process ;

• 50 and 500 m for small and medium production processes;

• 500 and 2,000 m and more for the high-production process.

Generally speaking, taking into account the three main production modes and the various manufacturing stages, from yarn on a bobbin to fabric (dobby or Jacquard), the logical sequence is summarized in Table 1....