8.

Beat up Motion
8.1 Objectives of Beat-up

The objectives of beat-up motion are as follows:

To push the newly inserted pick up to the cloth fell

To ensure uniform pick spacing in the fabric

Sley Motion

Beat-up is done by the reed which is carried by the sley. Sley derives its rectilinear reciprocating motion from the
rotating crank shaft through the connections of crank and crank arm which makes a four-bar linkage mechanism.
This is illustrated in the Figure 8.1.

Figure 8.1: Sley motion

Expression of Sley Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration

Let us assume that the length of the crank and crank arm are respectively. A schematic diagram of sley movement
is shown in the Figure 8.2.

Figure 8.2: Schematic diagram of sley motion

where fmax and fmin are the maximum and minimum values of sley acceleration. The minus sign indicates the
acceleration in the opposite direction. The plots of sley displacement (using Equation 2), velocity (usingEquation
4) and acceleration (using Equation 5) are shown in the Figures 8.3, 8.4 and 8.5 respectively. The actual curve
for sley motion is shown by the blue line. The blue line indicates the curve for SHM.

Figure 8.3: Sley displacement vs crank shaft rotation

Figure 8.4: Sley velocity vs. crank shaft rotation

Figure 8.5: Sley acceleration vs. crank shaft rotation

Sley displacement curves using Equation 2 for various combinations of r and l are shown in the Figure 8.6. It is
noted that as the ratio

increases , the shape of the displacement curve changes. For an infinitely long

connecting arm, sley motion becomes SHM. At r=l , sley occupies its maximum displacement at 90 of crank shaft
rotation and it remains in the dwell position up to 270 of crank shaft rotation.

Figure 8.6: Sley displacement vs. crank shaft rotation at different combination
of rand l

Sley Eccentricity

As sley motion deviates from SHM, during its backward journey sley covers more displacement from rotation of
crank shaft than the rotation of crankshaft. Similarly during its forward journey, sley covers less displacement from
rotation of crankshaft than the rotation of crankshaft. This difference in the sley displacement during its backward
and forward movement is termed as sley eccentricity . In case of SHM, the displacement is same from 0-90, 90180, 180-270 and 270-360.

The sley motion is shown by the blue line in the Figure 8.7. The red line is showing the curve for SHM.

Figure 8.7: Sley displacement vs. crank shaft rotation

When the sley displacement is plotted using a displacement scale relative to crank radius ( r), the
deviation of sley displacement as compared to that of SHM is determined by the ratio r/l. This is
commonly considered as an expression for sley eccentricity.

If the crank-arm is indefinitely long then e 0 and it produces a SHM.

Calculation related to sley eccentricity:

It has been mentioned that with eccentricity, the sley attains following two things earlier, as compared to SHM, in
its backward movement (0-180) and vice versa.

1.

Maximum velocity

2.

Half of maximum displacement

The calculation can be extended for the different values of sley eccentricity. This will lead to Table 8.1.

Table 8.1: Effect of sley eccentricity

Period during which

Position of
the sley displacement
Eccentricity crankshaft at half of
is greater than half of
value
maximum
maximum
displacement
displacement
0.0 (SHM)
90 and 270
180
0.1
87 and 273
186

Position for
crankshaft for
maximum sley
velocity
90 and 270
84 and 276

0.2
0.3
0.5

83 and 277
80 and 280
75 and 285

194
200
210

79 and 281
75 and 285
68.5 and 291.5

So, as the sley eccentricity increases sley remains towards the back side for a longer duration proving more time
for the uninterrupted shuttle flight.

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