PURPOSE: To facilitate the movement and installation of a weaving machine, to simplify the removal of woven fabric and the exchange of an article such as warp yarn, etc., and to carry out the operations in a short time by forming a linear shed arrangement type weaving machine based on a modular concept and simplifying the assembly and disassembly of the weaving machine.

CONSTITUTION: This linear shed arrangement type weaving machine is divided into a first subassembly 1 having a weaving rotor 3 and a fabric sending mechanism 4 and a second subassembly 5 having a warp beam 23, a warp sending mechanism 7 and a winding means. A warp stopping unit and a warp guide apparatus are formed as an assembly unit and attached to one subassembly or movable from one subassembly to the other assembly. The module structure of the weaving machine proves merits related to the design and the operation of the weaving machine.