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Chapter 9

This document discusses different types of weft knitted fabric production on circular knitting machines. It covers classifications of knitted fabrics including single and double jersey, as well as specialty fabrics. Non-jacquard structures for double jersey fabrics are examined including interlock and rib variation structures. Inlay techniques and the modern circular knitting machine components are also summarized. Calculations for machine speed, number of feeds, and speed of fabric production are provided.

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Chapter 9

This document discusses different types of weft knitted fabric production on circular knitting machines. It covers classifications of knitted fabrics including single and double jersey, as well as specialty fabrics. Non-jacquard structures for double jersey fabrics are examined including interlock and rib variation structures. Inlay techniques and the modern circular knitting machine components are also summarized. Calculations for machine speed, number of feeds, and speed of fabric production are provided.

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Chapter 9

Circular fabric knitting

9.1 Weft knitted fabric production


Classification:
needles knitted with

single jersey
double jersey

underwear fabrics
application

pelerine eyelet fabrics/


sinker wheel mesh structures/
float plated fabrics/

speciality fabrics

high pile fabrics/


plush fabrics/
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Production flow:
knitting
finishing
conversion of fabric into articles of
apparel or other end-usages

In post-knitting handling/operations:
The fabric must be maintained in as
relaxed/and tension-free/ a state as possible, in
order to reduce the problems caused by
dimensional distortion/and shrinkage/

9.2 Single- and double-jersey


compared
The single jersey machines have a simpler
construction, are easier to supervise and
maintain, have higher running speeds and more
feeders, and knit a greater range of structures
with a wider tolerance of yarn counts.
The double jersey fabrics have
dimensional stability, structural breakdown, air
porosity/ and snagging of floating threads.
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9.3 Simple tuck and float stitch singlejersey fabrics


Some simple single-jersey fabrics:

A loop diagram of hopsack/

Its stability and appearance make it popular


as a ladies suiting fabric when knitting staple
spun yarns.
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Invisible fleecy/

It overcomes the problem that the lay-in


yarns tend to grin through onto the technical
face in 22 inlay.
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9.4 Non-jacquard double-jersey structures

Interlock variation structures


Rib variation structures

Interlock variation structures


Single pique/or
cross tuck interlock /

place tuck cams in the dial at


every third feeder

break up the surface uniformity

help to mask feeder stripiness

increase fabric weight


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Interlock variation structures


Texi pique
Cross miss
Piquette

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Interlock variation structures


Jersey cord/
---an example of a miss bourrelet/

Super Roma/
---its equivalent in tuck bourrelet/

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Interlock variation structures


Cortina
It is a six feed version produced
on interlock camming with runthrough cams where missing is
required.

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Interlock variation structures


Evermonte
The tuck stitches produce a slight
ripple effect
Punto di Roma/
It has replaced double pique as the
most popular non-jacquard double
jersey structure.
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Rib variation structures


Milano Rib
greater extensibility and width
danger of a yarn breakage
particularly used in the production of
fashioned collars/

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Rib variation structures


Double pique/
How to produce on interlock machine:
1. Changing from interlock to rib gating.
2. Changing dial cam systems 2 and 3 over
in every four-feed sequence.
3. Placing all long needles only in the
cylinder if Swiss double pique/ is
required, or all short needles only if
French double pique/is required.

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Rib variation structures


Gabardine---a simple 22 twill double-blister/
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Poplin
a type of single blister

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Rib variation structures


Double-blister structures
two blister feeder courses between
each ground feeder course
heavier and slower rate of
production

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Rib variation structures


Single-blister structures

All blister structures show


only the ground loops on the
back.

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Rib variation structures


Quilted structures
They are types of blister
fabrics where blister yarn knitting
occurs on a large number of
adjacent cylinder needles so that
enclosed pockets, or quilts, are
formed.
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Rib variation structures


Tuck lace or mock transfer

The tucks produce a semibreakthrough effect by displacing


the wales of the dial side.

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9.5 Double-jersey inlay


On double-jersey machines, laying-in may be
achieved by the tunnel inlay technique.
The inlay is strapped
as an almost straight
horizontal yarn inside the
fabric, behind the cylinder
and dial face loops.

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The alternative to tunnel inlay is to


use a knitting feeder for inlay by missing
and tucking in one or both needle beds.
Texi pique is an example but, as
tucking occurs on both beds and the
cylinder needles are full gauged, the inlay
is hidden inside the structure.

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9.6 The modern circular fabric


knitting machine
1. the stop motions
2. the tape positive feed
3. the cylinder needle
cam system
4. the automatic
lubrication system/

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5. start, stop and inching


buttons
6. the cam-driven fabric
winding down
mechanism
7. the revolution counters
8. lint blower

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9.7 The contra knitting technique


The sinkers move
vertically down, in
opposition to the needles
rise to clearing height,
and rise as the needles
descend to knock-over.
This considerably reduces
the extent of the needle
movement.
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9.8 Circular-machine production


calculations

9.8.1 Machine speed


The speed of a circular machine may be

expressed in three ways:


Machine revolutions per minute/
Circumferential speed in metres per second
Speed factor (rpm diameter in inches)/

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9.8.2 Number of feeds

The number of feeds can be expressed as a


total for a particular cylinder diameter or as the
number of feeds per inch of the cylinder
diameter, in which case the total number of
feeds for any cylinder diameter in that particular
range of machinery can then be calculated.

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9.8.3 Speed of fabric production


The speed of fabric formation expressed in

linear metres per hour is equal to (speed of


machine in rpm percent efficiency Xnumber of
knitting feeders 60 minutes) (number of
feeds per face course/ face courses per cm/
100).

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