ARM Touch 60 Handloom
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ARM Touch 60 Handloom The ‘ARM Touch 60’ loom brings together all the tradional handloom weaving theory & pracce with a new generaon of electronic touch screen control. Compact and smart, weaving praccality is at the heart of this machine. Available in either floor standing or table-top versions, the ARM Touch 60 is a perfect soluon for weavers, designers and educaon centres specialising in woven structured texles. Easy loom threading is enhanced by a fully removable baen and breast/back beams. All loom rollers come complete with full width canvas horses and stainless steel dweets for aaching warp threads. With 24 shaſts, each loaded with 150 heddles, warps can have a total capacity of 3600 ends. A hi-level storage tray provides convenient and safe storage of tools and equipment within easy reach from front or back of the machine. Exisng Arm Patronic users will immediately feel at home with the form and layout of the new ARM Touch 60 but that is where the similarity ends …….. The new ARM Touch 60 comes with a centrally mounted touch control screen that displays the weave structure to the operator on ‘virtual’ point paper. With a highly intuive menu layout, the current weſt inseron posion is highlighted on the screen, with a viewable range of 4 lines behind and 11 in front. As weaving progresses, the visual display indexes upwards with each warp liſt. Whilst weave plans can be run either forwards or backwards for design effect, the weaver can easily reverse the programme at any me if an error is made. The machine memory comes complete with 42 pre-programmed standard weaves and these can be used in any combinaon on any or all of 24 shaſts, if desired. With plenty of digital storage space, the designers work can easily be saved & recalled, to/from an external computer or USB drive AND there’s even a convenient phone charging socket built in.
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ARM Touch 60 Handloom
The ‘ARM Touch 60’ loom brings together
all the traditional handloom weaving
theory & practice with a new generation of
electronic touch screen control.
Compact and smart, weaving practicality is at the
heart of this machine.
Available in either floor standing or table-top
versions, the ARM Touch 60 is a perfect solution for
weavers, designers and education centres
specialising in woven structured textiles.
Easy loom threading is
enhanced by a fully
removable batten and
breast/back beams.
All loom rollers come
complete with full width
canvas horses and stainless
steel dweets for attaching
warp threads.
With 24 shafts, each loaded with 150 heddles, warps
can have a total capacity of 3600 ends.
A hi-level storage tray provides convenient and safe
storage of tools and equipment within easy reach
from front or back of the machine.
Existing Arm Patronic users will immediately feel at home with the form and layout of
the new ARM Touch 60 but that is where the similarity ends ……..
The new ARM Touch 60 comes with a centrally mounted touch control screen that
displays the weave structure to the operator on ‘virtual’ point paper.
With a highly intuitive menu layout, the current weft insertion position is highlighted
on the screen, with a viewable range of 4 lines behind and 11 in front.
As weaving progresses, the visual display indexes upwards with each warp lift.
Whilst weave plans can be run either forwards or backwards for design effect, the
weaver can easily reverse the programme at any time if an error is made.
The machine memory comes complete with 42 pre-programmed standard weaves
and these can be used in any combination on any or all of 24 shafts, if desired.
With plenty of digital storage space, the designers work can easily be saved &
recalled, to/from an external computer or USB drive AND there’s even a
convenient phone charging socket built in.
A full range of options and accessories are available for the new generation
Touch 60 including:
Additional (third) back beam & roller kits
Back roller stand kit for parking all 3 rollers out of the way whilst threading
Extra heddle kits
Cross sticks, shuttles, dweets, pirn winders, reeds and raddles
Technical Specifications:
General Dimensions
Maximum weave width of 60cm
Overall footprint 108cm x 92.5cm
Gross weight 105 kg
Dobby Head Spec
24 shafts each fitted with 150 heddles
Hand operation via front mounted crank handle (desk top version)
Foot operation via treadle system (floor standing version only)
Dobby head mounted in robust steel chassis
Main frame and warp support
Fully removable batten and breast/back beams
Fully removable loom rollers
Rollers fitted with full width canvas horse & dweet
Electronic Control, HMI & Programming
Centrally mounted 7” colour HMI touch control screen
42 standard weaves pre-programmed into machine memory
USB port for save & recall, to/from external computer or memory
device
Easy interfacing with selected 3rd party design programmes
Weave structures—up to 999 warp lifts per programme repeat
Handloom Holdings Limited, Weavers House, Hydewood Road, Little Yeldham, Essex, CO9 4QX
Telephone: 01787 237237 email: [email protected] web: www.handloomholdings.com
Registered in England & Wales 9539461
Materials and Construction
All timber components machined from kiln dried beech or plywood
Timber surfaces finished in clear polyurethane lacquer
Dobby mechanism components precision manufactured from corrosion resistant materials and engineering plastics
CE marked
12 months warranty
Services
Power consumption: 230v 0.7a 0.16kW
Mains connection - single phase 230v via connection cable supplied
