摘要 |
A circular weaving machine (1, 1') has warp-tape guide elements (2) which are arranged around a circular reed (4, 4') in order to feed a multiplicity of warp tapes (3). Weaving-shed forming devices (5) group the fed warp tapes into two warp-tape groups (10, 11) and impart thereon mutually opposed alternating movements, with the result that a weaving shed (9) is opened and closed between the two warp-tape groups. A weaving shuttle (12) moves on a trajectory in the opened weaving shed (9) and in the process introduces a weft tape from a weft-tape package (13) carried thereby into the weaving shed (9), with the result that a fabric is formed. The fabric is drawn off through a weaving ring (15). The weaving shuttle (12) keeps the package axis (13a) of the weft-tape package (13) at an angular position which deviates by at most +/- 15°, preferably at most +/- 10°, from a normal to a surface (9a, 9a') which contains the geometric connecting lines between the warp-tape guide elements (2) and the weaving ring (15). |