Development of a rational structure of analogue of a two-sided four-faced Slutsk belt for production on modern equipment

The object of the research is the development of an assortment of analogs of copies of Slutsk belts, produced on modern weaving equipment. The aim of the work is to adapt the hand weaving technique for modern equipment to bring it closer to the historical one, as well as to optimize the structure, i.e. to lighten it in the middle of the belt. The technological peculiarity of this historical analogue is that the laying of wefts in the middle and in the border is not carried out across the entire width of the belt, as well as the presence of a large number of wefts playing the role of a "broche". It is proposed to lighten the structure of the fabric in the border and middle and thereby bring the modern belt as close as possible to the historical one, where there was no middle layer, by means of a new principle in the order of laying the wefts. Research and analysis of the structure of the historical sample of the belt allowed to conclude that it makes sense to lay wefts only on the background areas formed by them: change the wefts in the center of the belt and on the border between the middle and the border. All six shuttles are in operation on the machine: four of which form the color in the middle, two in the border. The ornament in the border is created not by "broche" wefts, as in the historical belt, but by a covering warp of two colors.