Question

what was flying shuttle?

Answer 1

The flying shuttle was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms.

Answer 2

The Flying Shuttle a key tool of productivity during the Industrial Revolution.A single person operating a loom from home, could only produce a piece of cloth that was as wide as their outstretched arms u they had to be able to throw the shuttle, carrying the weft, the horizontal yarn, through the waft, the vertical yarn and catch it. If wider cloth was needed it took two or three people to throw the shuttle. The process of making cloth therefore had limitations, both in the cloth width produced and the speed of production.