INTERACTIVE APPLICATION FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF 3D KNITTED FABRICS
INTERACTIVE APPLICATION FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF 3D KNITTED FABRICS

Summary/Abstract: Knitting is an exciting textile technology of creating products with outstanding characteristics, such as: knitting to shape, great flexibility in production, controlled properties, and excellent formability. The modern developed electronic flat knitting machines are capable of manufacturing complex engineering structures using its flexible technical characteristics at low manufacturing costs. Among them, the 3D fabrics or fabrics with 3D effects exhibit a higher thickness, compared to the single yarn diameter and provide a great potential for technical applications. The paper presents an interactive lecture concerning the computer aided design of knitted fabrics with surface cells, obtained by wedge technique (partial knitting of rows). The pattern programming has been performed on the pattern station M1, Stoll GmbH, and the fabric with 3D effects has been produced on CMS 530 E6.2 knitting machine. The programming steps were recorded with the explanations so the learners can repeat it several times, according to their own training rhythm.

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