The trend towards ever finer gauges is presenting machine producers and system and parts suppliers with ever newer challenges across the entire textile value-added chain. From the point of view of a systems supplier, this results in the most diverse requirements. The following article provides an overview here, ranging from the properties and potential applications of ultrafine knitted fabrics to sewing styles in line with requirements.
Step by step - to the perfect circular-knit fabric
Knitwear and knitted fabrics in particular, are distinctive for their diverse areas of application. Processing of very fine yarns, in machines with gauges of E40 and finer, enables the creation of very light knitted materials. Despite this, the fabrics have very high functionality - and are used for applications in underwear, outerwear and also the entire technical textiles sector. The market rollout of ultrafine knitted fabrics has also opened up alternative sales areas for producers of knitted goods that were so far only relevant for woven and warp-knit goods.
Originally Published in The Stitch Times, December-2010
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