**3.2 Polyester filament fabrics**

#### **3.2.1 Weaving of PET filament fabrics by 2 kinds of rapier looms (Omega® and Picanol® )**

PET fabrics were woven using 2 kinds of rapier looms (Omega® and Picanol®) for analysing the tension differences and fabric mechanical properties due to warp and weft tension differences. Table 10 shows weave design of woven fabrics. Table 11 shows the characteristics of two rapier looms.


Table 10. Specification of weave design


note: running speed : 470rpm

Table 11. The characteristics of loom used in this study
