Zgodovina žakardnih tkanin

Zgodovina žakardnih tkanin

Pred izumom žakardnega statve so kompleksne dekorativne tkanine, kot sta brokat in brokat,{0}}zavzele veliko časa. Posledično so te tkanine zelo drage in so na voljo samo eliti.

Do leta 1804 pa so bili že na voljo različni stroji, ki so olajšali proces tkanja zapletenih vzorcev v tkanine. Na podlagi uspeha zgodnjih izumiteljev, kot so Basile Bouchon, Jean Baptiste Falcon in Jacques Vaucanson, je Joseph Marie Jacquard izpopolnil mehanizacijo proizvodnje vzorčnega tkanja z novimi stroji, ki so se neposredno povezali z obstoječimi statvami.

As one of the earliest examples of machines operating with punched cards, textile manufacturers "programmed" jacquard looms to produce certain patterns by arranging a series of punched paper cards. Modern Jacquard looms use computer programs rather than cards to produce patterns, but Joseph Marie Jacquard's original punched card designs played an important role in the development of computer science as the inspiration for Charles Babbage.

Later, American statistician Herman Hollerith used a variation of Jacquard's punch-card technique to compile the results of the 1890 census. Before the invention of digital input in the mid-20th century, punched cards were the primary mechanism for operating electronic computers. Without Joseph Marie Jacquard's loom, it is impossible to know whether computing science would yield usable technology.

Throughout the early 1800s, the punch-card jacquard loom sequence was such a coveted trade secret that competing textile companies often stole each other's designs. Almost overnight, jacquard looms brought down the price of intricately woven fabrics so much that brocades, brocades, and other types of luxury textiles were accessible to ordinary people for the first time.