Pin table knitted (open width)

Problems

 Matching stripes in knitwear has always been difficult and time consuming due to the
nature of the material.
 Knitted fabrics are manufactured in a circular process creating a spiral. Opening the
tube leads to fabric with inclined stripes - typical for yarn dyed fabrics.
 Traditional methods for matching tend to waste a lot of material, since the fabric is cut
in panels or patterns have to be cut out with blocking tolerances.
 The task of re-arranging the blocked pieces is time consuming and so expensive.
 The operators doing the matching job have to be skilled and experienced, because of
the elastic nature of the fabric.

Process

 The patented VEITH Pin Table for knitted fabrics is based on the standard model of
the VEITH Pin TABLE used for woven fabrics, i.e...
 It has a lengthwise slotted aluminum top.
 The pins are positioned inside the slots.
 The pins are carried by needle bars underneath the table top going across the table and
creating always a line of pins.
 The design of the VEITH Pin Table allows to position the needle bars lengthwise at
any required position.
 A special feature of this VEITH Pin Table for tubular knitted fabrics (=fabrics with
slanted stripes) allows that the needle bars can be turned up to an angle of 13 degrees
- this in addition and at the same time to the random lengthwise positioning feature.
 Once a needle bar is set and turned to a particular position it can be fixed to this
position by a brake mechanism.
 The needle bar positions can be adjusted, even when spreading and matching of the
fabric has already started. This will allow to overcome problems with too much
tension or with too much looseness.
 The height of the pins can be adjusted by turning a hand-wheel. So spreading and
pinning the fabric becomes easy, convenient and fast, and avoids tension in the lay
package.
 Each pin can be individually locked down, i.e. only the minimum needed quantity of
pins have to be used.
 VEITH SYSTEM uses special manufactured pins with a rounded tip (ball point),
which are avoiding damages to the fabric. So the pins do not have to stay in the waist
area of the fabric, but can be used also inside the panels. I.e. matching and the quality
is created inside the pieces, where it is required- not somewhere outside in the waist.

Advantages

 Improving the quality

 Spreading and matching in one combined step
 Avoiding of relaying operations
 Reducing the fabric consumption
  Quick setup time
 Flexible system, which allows to adjust needle bar positions even after having started
spreading, i.e. it allows to react on too much looseness - or - to react on too much
tension (fine tuning)
 Immediate fine cutting (net cutting) after spreading - no relaying
 Preparing the lay package even for CNC-Cutting (if certain preconditions are
fulfilled)
 Implementing clear top-down organization for spreading and matching of checked
(plaid) and striped fabrics - high efficient engineered industrial process - from fabric
registration - through marker making - through spreading and matching - until cutting

Savings

 Fabric savings (blue) in the range of typical 5% to 10%

 Labor saving (green) between 30% and 50%
 Easier control of the process of spreading and matching
 The demand in the skills of the operators is less.
 This results in a ROI of normally less than 9 months.
 Even the ROI of a CNC-cutter can be reduced.

Woven ka problems

 Matching of checks and stripes in the garment production has always been difficult
and time consuming.
 Traditional methods tend to waste a lot of material, since the patterns are cut with a
blocking tolerances. This is especially bitter, when the fabric costs represent 60-70%
of the total costs.
 The task of rearranging the blocked pieces is tedious and expensive.
 The workers involved in this process have to be skilled.

Advantages

 Reduce fabric consumption

 Improve your quality
 Spreading and matching at the same time
 Save your relaying operations
 Quick setup time
 Flexible system, which allows to adjust needle bar positions even after having started
spreading, i.e. it allows to react on too much looseness - or - to react on too much
tension (fine tuning)
 Immediate fine cutting (net cutting) after spreading - no relaying
 Prepare your lay package for CNC-Cutting
 Implementing a clear top-down organization for spreading and matching of checked
(plaid) and striped fabrics - high efficient engineered industrial process - from fabric
registration - through marker making - through spreading and matching - until cutting

Savings
  Fabric savings (blue) in the range of 3% to 8%
 Labor saving (green) between 30% and 50%
 Easier control of the process of spreading and matching
 The demand in the skills of the operators is less.
 This results in a ROI of 6-15 months - depending on the application.
 Even the ROI of a CNC-cutter can be reduced.

Flat knitted ka problems

 Horizontal stripe patterns need to be allinged horizontal and matched

 Vertical cable patterns need to be centered and spread symetrically
 single pieces are cut manually in order to achieve the matching in horizontal and
vertical direction
 The operators doing the matching need to be skilled and well trained
 Slow operation
 Maintaining an equal and high quality level is difficult

Advantages

 Improving the quality

 Spreading and matching in one combined step
 Avoiding single piece cutting
 Reducing the fabric consumption
 Quick setup time
 Flexible system, which allows to adjust needle bar positions even after having started
spreading, i.e. it allows to react on too much looseness - or - to react on too much
tension (fine tuning)
 Immediate fine cutting (net cutting) of multiple plies after spreading - no relaying