TEK 452E - Knitting Technology II

Course Objectives

1. to give technological knowledge of weft knitting machinery
2. to give information about sophisticated weft knitted fabrics and their properties
3. to give information about production calculations and quality assessment in weft knitting
4. to give technological knowledge of warp knitting machines,
5. to give an information about warp knitted fabrics
6. to give an information about the production calculation in warp knitting

Course Description

Weft knitting machinery (circular and flat): yarn feeding systems, needle selection systems, take-down systems, sophisticated weft knitted fabrics: their properties and analysis, production calculations in weft knitting. Warping methods, fundamental patterning techniques in warp knitting machinery, warp knitting machinery for speciality fabrics, warp knitted fabric geometry, production calculations for standart warp knitted fabrics