Ribbon

As a band fabric are designated with limited width and fixed, bilateral selvages. Weaving ribbons and belts evolved from the general weaving.

The bands usually made ​​in the past in homework on band active frame or multi- band chairs made ​​of silk, cotton and other materials were used for binding, trimming strips, loop jewelry and other fashionable surface. Also includes bands for a long time for customs. Their use is very broad; it stretches from the name day and birthday ribbons of children on the colorfully decorated hats of the recruits, the sashes of the diplomats and association boards on festive lifts, the artisan bands at the facility signs of the guilds, the flags of associations and clubs, the sounds and dance bands until towards the grain belts of the harvest customs of the 19th century. A special group is formed by the so-called Vivatbänder in this context.

On the ribbon looms (see Bandweberei ) of modern times, for example, hat and typewriter ribbons, webbings for roller shutters, bookmark ribbons for letterpress printing, tapes fabricated for packing of gifts as well as for labeling garments. Are particularly high requirements for products such as seat belts in vehicles and tension straps in the transport sector in this context.

Since about the 1970s, narrow fabrics are predominantly woven on needle looms. The machine can be fitted with a jacquard mechanism for complex samples containing up to several tens of colors or bands of varying width with two web systems in succession. Elastic bands, belts, curtain tape, fabric tape and other fabric tape types are produced on special machines.