Povijest žakardnih tkanina

Povijest žakardnih tkanina

Prije izuma jacquard tkalačkog stana, složene ukrasne tkanine kao što su brokat i brokat bile su{0}}trajne. Kao rezultat toga, te su tkanine vrlo skupe i dostupne samo eliti.

Međutim, do 1804. godine već su bili dostupni različiti strojevi koji su uvelike olakšali proces tkanja zamršenih uzoraka u tkanine. Nadovezujući se na uspjeh ranih izumitelja kao što su Basile Bouchon, Jean Baptiste Falcon i Jacques Vaucanson, Joseph Marie Jacquard je usavršio mehanizaciju proizvodnje tkanja s uzorcima s novim strojevima koji su se izravno povezivali s postojećim tkalačkim stanjima.

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.