16 December 2009, Obertshausen - Warp knitting machine
builder Karl Mayer says that since the middle of this year, the winds of change
have been blowing in the market for warp-knitted bath and beach towels and
there has been an obvious increase in demand.
Accordingly, the company has decided to reintroduce its
tried and tested, four-bar, high-speed tricot machine into its range again. The
HKS 4 F will be available again as of May 2010, with its impressive technical
features including maximum machine speeds of up to 1400 rpm, gauges of E 24 and
E 28 as standard, and a working width of 136 inches.
Karl Mayer’s terry machine is available in two different
versions, the HKS 4 FB(Z) and HKS 4 F. The HKS 4 FB(Z) is particularly suitable
for producing cotton goods, but can also produce fabrics from filament yarns
without any problems, the company says. On the other hand, the HKS 4 F can only
process filament yarns, but at a much higher speed than the HKS 4 FB(Z). As
befits Karl Mayer’s position as warp knitting technology leader, a number of
specific improvements have been made to the machine to mark its comeback, one
of which is the brushing unit.
Karl Mayer says that exquisite, high-end textiles can be
produced efficiently on its HKS 4 F machine and the machine processes yarns to
produce all the usual terry fabrics with loops on one side only or on both
sides. The machine was refined and improved at the end of 2006 and Karl Mayer
says the technical improvements have boosted performance by up to 74% and
reduced the cost by 25% compared to the previous model.
