Karl Mayer, the leading manufacturer of warp knitting machinery, will launch two new machines onto the market this year. The RD 7/2-12 EN and the RDJ 5/1 will be presented to a wider group of specialists, invited by Karl Mayer (China) to an open-house event scheduled for 22 and 23 January 2015.

During this machine show, the new machines in the RD series will be working patterns for the shoe sector in particular, and will be demonstrating all of their many features.

Warp-knitted spacer fabrics are continuing to make headway - breathable, tough and stylish, they are increasingly taking over from flat fabrics in the shoe fabric sector and other application areas, the company reports. This trend towards warp-knitted spacer textiles has been spurred on by the availability of a wide range of products at competitive prices, produced on flexible and efficient machines, Karl Mayer says.

Machine for simple jacquard-patterned spacer fabrics

According to Karl Mayer, warp-knitted spacer fabrics patterned with jacquard designs are products showing  real growth potential. Shoe manufacturers in particular are becoming increasingly interested in spacer fabrics with their wide range of different designs. They are creating a demand that has led to textile producers investing continuously in new, innovative production machinery, especially in Taiwan, Korea and China.

Karl Mayer’s RDPJ 7/1 tried-and-tested, high-tech model now has a sister machine in the basic machine segment. This new machine, available in gauges E 22 and E 24, is known as the RDJ 5/1 and is continuing Karl Mayer’s twin product line strategy for its RD machine series.

It is said to offer manufacturers of warp-knitted spacer fabrics competitive advantages in a variety of applications, but its cost:benefit ratio was designed especially to meet the requirements of the shoe fabric market in China. With two guide bars fewer than the RDPJ 7/1, the RDJ 5/1 offers adequate patterning possibilities for designing shoes and a high level of efficiency at the same time.

Efficient, all-round machine

The RD 7/2-12 offers maximum design possibilities and can therefore produce a wide range of different products, according to the manufacturer. Thanks to the electronic pattern drive, this sturdy, all-round machine is mainly used by shoe fabric manufacturers operating the N drive version.

A new electronic guide bar drive is said to offer flexibility of pattern discs and chains at a lower cost than the conventional EL pattern drive.

The modified arrangement of the guide bars has enabled this new machine to work at the increased productivity level and in addition it also runs quietly and smoothly, the company reports. All this has been achieved at a competitive price. This machine, with its excellent cost:benefit ratio, is available in a working width of 138".

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