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This technical memorandum is part of a joint ILO/UNIDO series of publications on manufacturing technologies. The object of the series is to acquaint small-scale producers with alternative production techniques for specific products and processes with a view to helping them to choose and apply those techniques which are most appropriate to local socio-economic conditions.
The memorandum describes alternative weaving technologies for eight types of cloth (four plains and four twills) of particular interest for low-income groups in terms of both price and durability. It provides information on available equipment (e.g. looms, pirning equipment, warping equipment), including equipment productivity, quality of output, required quality of material inputs, and so on. A methodological framework for the evaluation of alternative weaving technologies at three scales of production is provided for the benefit of the textile producer who wishes to identify the technology/scale of production best suited to his own circumstances. A chapter of interest to public planners compares, from a socio-economic viewpoint, the various weaving technologies described in the memorandum.
It is hoped that the information contained in this memorandum will help would-be or practising textile producers to choose and apply weaving technologies that will minimise production costs while improving the quality of the cloth.
ISBN 92-2-103419-4
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