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Design and development of a novel circular warp knitting machine
conference contribution
posted on 2017-10-13, 15:21 authored by Memis Acar, Sylvia P. Mermelstein, Michael JacksonThis paper reports the design, manufacture and test of an innovative method of producing warp
knitting fabrics, using a circular disposition of the needles rather than linear needle bars. By
using the novel truncated-cone needle-bed concept instead of a cylindrical one, the needles slide
simultaneously in radial and vertical directions to combine the reciprocating and swinging
motions into one. Initially a mechanical prototype machine was designed, built and successfully
tested to prove the knitting mechanism and its interaction with the patterning rings. The second
prototype has a mechatronic patterning mechanism, hence increasing the patterning capabilities
significantly, and enabling changing fabric pattern change during knitting without requiring long
machine stoppages and cam changes.
Funding
This work was financially supported by a Teaching Company Scheme between Loughborough University and Tritex International Limited. The authors are grateful for the financial and technical support received from the Teaching Company Directorate and Tritex International Limited.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Published in
Proc.Mechatronics 2002 Proc.Mechatronics 2002Pages
12 - ?Citation
ACAR, M. MERMELSTEIN, S. and JACKSON, M., 2002. Design and development of a novel circular warp knitting machine. IN: Proceedings of 2002 8th Mechatronics Forum International Conference (Mechatronics 2002), Twente, Netherlands, 24-26 June 2002.Publisher
Universiteit Twente, Drebbel Institute for MechatronicsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2002ISBN
9036517664;9789036517669Publisher version
Language
- en