Ilaphu elilukiweyo lelaphakathi-ukuya{1}}kwibanga eliphezulu. Ilaphu elilukiweyo lenziwa ngokulukwa kwemisonto ndawonye kwisixhobo sokuluka kusetyenziswa ishuttle, enemisonto yokuluka neyeweti ephotheneyo. I-weave ngokubanzi iwela kwiindidi ezintathu eziphambili: i-plain weave, i-twill weave, kunye ne-satin weave, kunye nokwahluka kwayo. Ngokumalunga nokubunjwa, kubandakanya ikotoni, isilika, uboya, ilinen, iintambo zokwenziwa, kunye neendwangu ezixutywe kunye ezidibeneyo. Ineenzuzo ezininzi kwaye ibambe isikhundla esibalulekileyo kwishishini lempahla.
Okokuqala, indlela yayo yokuluka iyenza yomelele, ikhrisime, kwaye imelane nokuguqulwa, kunye nesakhiwo esizinzileyo, umphezulu ogudileyo, kwaye ngokubanzi ayiheki xa ikhutshiwe, iyenza ilungele iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokusika. Okwesibini, ifanelekile kwiindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuprinta kunye nokudaya zokugqiba; iipateni eziprintiweyo kunye ne-jacquard zicocwe ngakumbi kuneendwangu ezinithiweyo, ezinemibala eyahlukeneyo kunye neepatheni. Ngaphaya koko, njengelaphu lempahla, liyakwazi ukuhlanjwa kakuhle kwaye liyakwazi ukuhlaziywa, lome{2}}, kwaye lixhomekeke kwiinkqubo ezahlukeneyo zokugqitywa.
Ngezi zizathu, amalaphu alukiweyo abambe isikhundla esiphambili kwihlabathi jikelele malunga nokwahluka kunye nomthamo wemveliso yempahla, kwaye asetyenziswa kakhulu kwiimpahla{0}}eziphakamileyo eziphezulu. Nangona kunjalo, ikwanazo ezinye iintsilelo, ezinje ngokuba yi-elastic engaphantsi kuneelaphu ezinithiweyo, kwaye ukugqiba ngokungafanelekanga kunokubangela i-warp kunye ne-weft ukuba ijike, echaphazela ukusika, ukuthunga kunye nokunxiba. Kodwa iingenelo zayo zizonke ziyenza isetyenziswe ngokubanzi.
