Karl Mayer has launched a new Pattern Editor which allows users of its RS2 EL-F and RS3 EL-F raschel net producing machines to quickly develop new patterns.

Until now, developing new net products on Karl Mayer’s RS2 EL-F and RS 3 EL-F raschel machines meant a lot of trial and error and the development was carried out with the assistance of the machine builder. The customer came up with a new lapping movement and sent the notation to Karl Mayer in Obertshausen whose technicians produced a metal pattern disc before returning to the net producer. Often modifications had to be made and the whole process would be repeated which could be both very time consuming and expensive.

Karl Mayer has now shortened the process considerably by introducing a special Pattern Editor which allows net producers to process new net constructions directly on their raschel machines, shortening the overall time it takes to produce a pattern disc for a production run. According to Karl Mayer, the new Pattern Editor which is integrated into the Kamcos system allows easy input of the lapping movement for producing sample fabrics. When the desired sample has been finalized, Karl Mayer then produces the optimum electronic pattern discs for the production run.

The data carriers contain the pattern for all the guide bars and the associated lapping arrangement. Production information, such as the number of stitches, yarn feed values and product data, can be input at the Operator Interface and stored using the Pattern Editor. The result is a simple system for managing the pattern data and high speed mass production can start as soon as the electronic pattern disc has been loaded into the machine.

Karl Mayer claims that the extra flexibility that this system gives when developing products, together with the shorter development times, enables manufacturers to access new markets and open up new applications