Knitting

End-of life warp-knitted tulip nets are now being used in Ukraine to protect soldiers and civilians against drone attacks, according to supplier of machinery for the production of the nets, Karl Ma

Karl Mayer of Obertshausen, Germany, a manufacturer of multiaxial warp knitting machines and warp knitting machines with weft insertion, says that it welcomed many of its regular customers at J

Numerous reports in the German press and knitting trade journals suggest that Karl Mayer is considering the divestment of the flat-knitting machine builder Stoll in 2025.

Karl Mayer Technical Textiles, of Chemnitz, Germany, reports significant interest in its latest knitting machine (Max Glass Eco) for the production of non-crimp fabrics made from glass fibres.

A system that improves the energy-efficiency of cylinder dryers has been developed by Karl Mayer of Obertshausen, Germany, for its Prosize sizing machines and Bluedye dyeing plants for warp prepara

A model for determining how the types and patterns of stitches affect the elasticity of knitted fabrics is being developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atalanta, USA.

A quality-monitoring system (QMS) for warp-knitting machines has been launched by Karl Mayer's digital technologies company, KM.ON.

A flexible and efficient roll-to-roll process that combines warp-knitting with three-dimensional (3D) printing is being developed by the Karl Mayer Group of Obertshausen, Germany.  

Comez, of Cilavegna, Italy, reports that its knitting machines can be used to manufacture a wide variety of textiles for medical implants.  

A comfortable knitted fabric that responds to the presence of perspiration by changing its structure three-dimensionally in order to increase its breathability has been developed by Teijin Frontier

An updated warp-knitting machine for the production of biaxial non-crimp fabrics (NCFs) has been launched by Karl Mayer of Obertshausen, Germany. 

A guide-bar arrangement for a double-needle-bar raschel machine that enables, among other things, the spaces between the cover surfaces of a spacer fabric to be filled with a bulked yarn – yielding

A pair of knitting machines – one of which can be used to produce ear loops for face masks – has been launched by Comez of Cilavegna, Italy. 

An Italian machine builder has adapted a range of its equipment to allow for the production of face masks and the elastic straps used to secure them to the face.