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Warp knitting is always performed on ̄at (linear) knitting machines. A circular warpknitting machine is recently made possible by using a novel concept of a conical needle bed and patterning cams with enclosed cam followers to drive the patterning rings. This also requires a mechanical linkage to transmit the motion from the patterning cam to the patterning rings, which is prone to vibration at undesirable levels. A new generation design replaces the mechanical cam and linkage with high-speed AC brushless servomotors enabling limitless precision patterning possibilities. A method of selecting servomotors based on minimising the power required to perform the fastest motion required for a given application is reported. This method ensures cost minimising by selecting the smallest servomotor suitable for a given application. A circular warp-knitting machine using servomotor to drives selected using the method reported is designed, built and successfully tested.

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Author

S.P. Mermelstein; D. Hale; M. Acar; M.R. Jackson; K. Roberts

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0957-4158)

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)