Cave Hollow Equipment Company introduces, “The Rug Maker” – an innovation in weaving.  Weaving a rug has never been as fast, versatile, and operator friendly. Hand woven rugs can now be machine woven in a fraction of the time.
 

Welcome to Cave Hollow Equipment Company (a division of Freddie Richmond Company) – located in Dalton, Georgia.  We have been supplying the carpet and rug industry with unique products for more than 40 years.  We are the largest supplier of tassels and fringes for rugs in the world.
Through out our 40+ years in business, we have built all of our own equipment, and as the carpet and rug industry has changed, so has our machinery.  Through out the 1980s and mid 1990s, the demand for machine knotted fringe was insatiable.  To meet this demand, we totally redesigned our self knotting fringe machines to increase their production, and we also engineered the machines to run more efficiently.
The end result of our efforts is the highly efficient and versatile machines that we sell worldwide.  With simple modifications, these machines are capable of producing 6 different and distinct styles of fringe.  We hold the patent for these machines.

In early 2007, we introduced the “Rug Maker.”  The rug maker is a loom that is entirely different from any loom that has ever been built.  The rug maker has many distinct features.  As the machine weaves, both sides of the material are finished – meaning that finishing steps such as binding and serging are eliminated.  There is no selvedge to trim and throw away.  The rugs produced on the Rug Maker are reversible – there is no need to apply a backing to the rug.

In less than one minute, the operator can change material, and he can begin weaving rugs from a totally different material.  Multiple yarn types as well as deniers can be used to produce a rug.  For example, we have used (3) ends of 2.65/2 wool, (2) ends of 3.25/2 nylon, and 2 ends of 6/2 rayon.  All these yarns were used at the same time to create depth, texture, character and color variations in the rug.

The machine can be altered to weave material as narrow as desired  The rug maker can weave a rug in 2 minutes that requires a hand weaver more than 2 hours to complete.  The rug maker can weave any type of material.  We have woven shag rugs, sisal, jute, polyester, olefin, bamboo – if it can be wound on a cone, the rug maker can weave it.

The versatility of this machine is limitless.  For example, you have purchased 6 rug makers designed to weave woven rug material 6 feet wide.  You receive a large order for rugs that are 4 feet wide.  Your machinery can be reset to this new width, and in less than an hour, you will be weaving material that is 4 feet in width.  As the width decreases, the rate of production increases, since the “stroke” of the machine is shortened.  The sides of the material are finished and clean, even though the width of the material has been reduced by a third.  The Rug Maker is available in widths up to 12’ (15’ is available by custom order.

            Please examine our product photos, and you will see why are products are so unique and versatile.