Intelligent unravelling machine for flat-knitted fabrics

Unravelling is the process of rewinding the yarn from a flat knitted fabric back to the cone for re-use. This process is also known as back winding or de-knitting.

Why do knitwear manufacturers need this machine?

According to Agteks, spoilt fabric percentage from knitting machines is around 5%. It varies according to the skill of the operator, type and colour of the yarn used, climate conditions, the structure of the fabric, gauge and type of the knitting machine. Most of the time it is very difficult to avoid it, says Agteks. Additionally, there may be wrong-colored, wrong -sized or wrong-structured lots of fabrics knitted in a knitting mill and IntelliWinder can recovers all normal spoilt fabrics, the company says. Intelliwinder plays a vital role in recovering unexpected mistakes in production. Even if there are no faulty production, Agteks says it can prove that IntelliWinder pays-back its investment within few months by reusing yarn from the faulty fabrics.

Agteks says that IntelliWinder handles yarn very gently and never applies shock to the yarn like other machines. The tension variation on the yarn from the fabric to the cone is only around 10%, at every point, Agteks claims. The patented reversible yarn feeding system eliminates all the negative effects of friction arising from the thread guides and during unravelling and testing; the force applied on the yarn is around 30% of breaking strength of the yarn. This value, Agteks says is very unlikely to damage the yarn.

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[10.12.09]