Actually the research work on the shuttle loom was dropped in the first half of 70's, with the arrival on the market and the prevalence of systems using for weft insertion other ways than the shuttle. The new shuttleless machines are simply called '' weaving machines'', this term implying looms working without shuttle.
The weaving machines present following advantages over traditional looms:
1. Total elimination of any spooling operation
2. Production increase, thanks to the fact that these machines can work at high speed, owing to the reduction or elimination of moving masses
3. Reduction of shed size, therefore lower tension of the warp threads and consequently reduction in the number of yarn breaks.
4. Noise reduction thanks to the elimination of the shuttle pick.
5.Automation of various devices.