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What is the sock knitting basics?

January 03,2023

Socks machine structure

Classification of hosiery machines can be classified according to the form of the needle bed, the type of knitting needles and the number of needle cylinders (beds). The flat hosiery machine has a relatively high machine size, and produces flat hosiery pieces whose widths are changed according to the shape of the feet and legs, and are stitched into seamed socks. The size range of the round hosiery machine is wide, and the production of tubular hosiery is to adapt to the shape of the foot by changing the coil size of each section, or using elastic yarn, or knitting to form the toe and heel of the sock. The toe of the tubular stocking is closed to form a seamless stocking. The production efficiency of the flat hosiery machine was low, and the round hosiery machine was widely used later.The circular hosiery machine is mainly composed of a yarn feeding mechanism, a knitting mechanism, a needle selection mechanism, a control mechanism, a transmission mechanism, a density adjustment mechanism and a pulling mechanism. Some hosiery machines also have opening and folding mechanisms. The hosiery machine also has a transfer mechanism.

Sock knitting machines are highly specialized circular knitting machines specific to the products made on them.

These machines can use any type of yarn or fiber to produce hosiery and socks made to shape, size, and performance criteria.The principles of circular knitting are the same whether the yarn supply, or creel, is at the side or top. Fed from above the knitting elements, yarns move from the creel through guides to stop-motion controls above the machine, then back down through tension controls and yarn-feeding devices to the knitting elements. High-quality products can be produced only when stop-motion and yarn-feeding functions are set properly. The intricate action of knitting—where needles form loops—occurs in the middle of the machine, between the take-up and the yarn-feeding mechanism. In circular weft knitting, needles knit one after the other in sequence, and loops are formed horizontally by needles knitting around the cylinder, forming a tube.On a single-cylinder machine, the cylinder, with its vertical needles, can make all the stitches needed for sock manufacturing.

The machine’s components

They are the cylinder, the needles, the sinkers, and the dial with transfer bits or jacks.A sock knitting needle must form a new loop, pull this loop through the previous loop formed, lose the old loop, and pull the new loop to the length specified for the product. Variations in this cycle allow fine-tuning of texture, appearance, and performance to meet product specifications.Sock fabrics can be made on more than one set of needles. Double-knit fabrics are produced from two sets of needles. Some sock machines have two cylinders, one positioned above the other, to produce constructions such as links-links.

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