Texplorer™ CORE inspection software is powerful machine vision software for all kinds of surfaces such as narrow and wide fabrics. Texplorer™ CORE contains multiple inspection modules, each for its own very specific detection task. For instance surface defect detection, edge anomalies, edge filament detection or surface filament detection. Below is a series of different narrow fabric defects. The typical cause during production is mentioned, as well as the most suitable inspection module from the Texplorer™ CORE software to detect the specific defect type.

Defect 1

  • Step defect
  • Caused by starting and stopping the loom
  • Typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE Edge Anomalies (EA) and Texplorer™ CORE Width Measurement (WD)

Defect 2

  • Step defect
  • Caused by starting and stopping the loom
  • Borderliner defects, sometimes considered as acceptable
  • Typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE Edge Anomalies (EA) and Texplorer™ CORE Width Measurement (WD)

Defect 3

  • Nose defect
  • Caused by weaved dust or dirt
  • The dark knot is a typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE TXI or TXIII
  • Since this example also has a width deviation it can also be detected with Texplorer™ CORE Edge Anomalies (EA) or Texplorer™ CORE Width Measurement (WD)

Defect 4

  • Stricture defect
  • Caused by wrong weft thread tension
  • Typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE Width Measurement (WD)

Defect 5

  • Variating width
  • Caused by starting and stopping the loom
  • Typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE Edge Anomalies (EA) and Texplorer™ CORE Width Measurement (WD)
  • The surface filament in this example is detected by Texplorer™ CORE TXIII, FD3™ or Texplorer™ CORE Surface Filaments (SF)

Defect 6

  • Loose thread on the edge / broken filaments
  • Typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE Vision Filaments (VF)

Defect 7

  • Loose thread on the edge / broken filaments
  • Typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE Vision Filaments (VF)

Defect 8

  • Loose thread on the edge / broken filaments
  • Typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE Vision Filaments (VF) if visible in the edge
  • Typical defect for FD3™ or Texplorer™ Surface Filaments (SF) if appearing on the surface

Defect 9

  • Rip in the surface
  • Caused by wrong weft thread tension
  • Typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE Horizontal & Vertical (HV)

Defect 10

  • No correct weft
  • Caused by weft missed warp thread
  • Typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE TXI or TXIII

Defect 11

  • Missing weft
  • Caused by broken weft
  • Typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE Horizontal & Vertical (HV), TXI, TXIII, EA, WD or VF

Defect 12

  • Missing weft
  • Caused by broken weft
  • Typical defect for Texplorer™ CORE Horizontal & Vertical (HV), WD, TXI, TXIII or VF

Defect 13

  • Missing weft
  • Caused by broken weft
  • The missing weft defect is typical for Texplorer™ CORE Horizontal & Vertical (HV), the thread sticking out of the edge is typical for Texplorer™ CORE Vision Filaments (VF)

Defect 14

  • Warp thread on surface
  • Caused by warp thread problem
  • Often a long running defect
  • Typical for Texplorer™ CORE Horizontal & Vertical (HV)