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A) Circular Knitting
Find out the production rate (kg/hour) for the following knitted structure on a fine gauge
circular knitting machine.
Knitted structure
Fabric Weight
Courses per centimeter
Number of feeders
Machine speed
Working efficiency
Plain
120 g/m
18
100
30 rpm
90%
B) Flat-bed Knitting
Calculate the production rate (pieces/hour) for the following knitted structures of a V-bed
knitting machine using different number of feeders.
Knitted structure
Courses per piece
Number of cam systems
No of strokes per minute
Working efficiency
Plain
250 courses
3
25
90%
Find out the production rate (pieces/hour) if a) only use ONE feeder per stroke; and
b) Two feeders per stroke.
Answer
A) Circular Knitting
Production (courses/hour) = 100 x 30 x 60 x 0.9 =162,000 courses/hour
Production (meters/hour) = 162,000 / (18 x 100) = 90 meters/hour
Production (kg /hour) = 90 x 120 g/m /1000 = 10.8 kg/hour
B) Flat Bed Knitting
One feeder production:
One stroke = TWO courses
Production (courses/hour) = 25 x 2 x 60 x 0.9 = 2700 courses/hour
Production (pieces /hour) = 2700/250 = 10.8 pieces/hour
TWO feeder production
Production (courses/hour) = 25 x 2 x2 x 60 x 0.9 = 5400 courses/hour
Production (pieces/ hour) =5400/250 =21.6 pieces/hour
Given
which means 2 turns will be less if every 2 turns less 2 needles by 8 times ( 2-2-8).
To make the adjustment, the last 2 turns will have 3 turns instead. The answer should be
2-2-6 (Part 1) and 3-2-2 (part 2)