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Aspects of the design of a circular warp knitting machine
thesis
posted on 2018-07-31, 08:39 authored by Sylvia P. MermelsteinThe warp knitting machine market has long been dominated by large-scale
flat models, which have been steadily developed. Tubular fabrics are
generally made in a special version of flat warp knitting machines containing
two needle bars, one for each side of the tube, joined on the sides by yarns
knitting alternatively on each bar. Warp knitting technology has failed to enter
the circular knitting industry, dominated by weft knitting, due to its complexity
in achieving warp knit structures in circular form. This thesis presents the
design, synthesis, manufacture and test of an innovative method of producing
tubular warp knitting fabrics, using a circular format rather than flat needle
bars. This novel concept opens up many industrial applications from medical
textiles to fruit packaging. [Continues.]
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
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© Sylvia P. MermelsteinPublisher 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
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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en