Knitting Industry News: Karl Mayer highlights productivity gains in Shanghai

Karl Mayer highlights productivity gains in Shanghai

14 April 2010, Shanghai – Leading warp knitting machine builder Karl Mayer says the first port of call for all those interested in warp-knitting machines and warp preparation equipment at the ITMA ASIA + CITME 2010 will be the company’s exhibition stand in hall E1, A54. The company will show a number of innovations which can help producers of warp and raschel knitted fabrics, productivity gains.

As one of the highlights, the Obertshausen global player will be featuring the production increases which can be achieved through the appropriate integration of carbon fibre components and the corresponding adaptation of the company’s machine concept.

The RSE 4-1, Karl Mayer’s ‘first lightweight raschel machine’ will be shown in operation under production conditions and will reach speeds which, the company says, have previously not been achieved.

The increase in efficiency is achieved by using lighter and more stable carbon fibre components in the bar area and a further advantage of the lightweight materials is that they are unaffected by heat and cold, an important attribute with regard to increasing the tolerance range when configuring the production environment. Karl Mayer says it has therefore been able to widen the window of climatic specifications from +/-2 °C to +/-7 °C for trouble-free operation.

The first Karl Mayer machines to profit from the advantages of integrating carbon fibre components were high-production tricot machines and one of the models of the carbon fibre component generation from this production sector will also feature at the show. Further novelties on the Karl Mayer stand will come from the Jaquardtronic Lace and Seamless production sectors, which the company claims is a cavalcade of innovations which is by no means exhausted.

Parallel to the Asia’s largest textile machinery show in Shanghai, Karl Mayer will be hosting an in-house exhibition in the customer centre at its subsidiary in Wujin, showing the new RD 6 1-12, double needle bar raschel machine. In addition the German company will also be featuring another novel product and a new warp knitting machine with parallel weft insertion.