In order to study changes of main shaft loading that comes from spatial linkage weft insertion mechanism in rapier loom,using the function of mechanism analysis in Pro/E software,aiming at
the different spatial linkage weft insertion mechanisms,taking main shaft as a equivalent component,some projects were analyzed,such as the distributions and changes of equivalent moment of inertia from each component in weft insertion mechanism on main shaft,the equivalent
loading on main shaft that comes from weft insertion mechanism etc.The results indicate
that the proportion of equivalent moment of inertia from
gripper,rapier,rapier wheel and its driving shaft to whole weft insertion is much
high,and it is increased as the loom widening;
equivalent loading of the weft insertion comes from its inertia load mainly.It is trending to
reduce the quality and moment of inertia that comes from the gripper,
rapier,rapier wheel and its driving shaft as development of high speed rapier loom.