2021/08/11 by Yanhong Yuan, Jie Zhong, Zhong Jie +2
Engineering · Materials Science · #Composite material #Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers #Elasticity (physics) #Engineering #Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection #Materials science #Structural engineering #Tensile testing #Textile materials and evaluations #Ultimate tensile strength #Yarn
paper · doi:10.1177/00405175211037199
crossref issued 2021/08/11 · crossref published 2021/08/11 · crossref published-online 2021/08/11 · openalex publication_date 2021/08/11 · crossref created 2021/11/02 · crossref published-print 2022/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref deposited 2026/05/01 · crossref indexed 2026/08/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
The yarn feeding for a loop formation is a critical factor in determining the size and elasticity of highly elastic knitted fabrics. Currently, the prevalent production processes rely on experienced machine operators to set up the optimal feed rate by trial and error. To improve production efficiency and reduce the reliance on the operator’s skill, we attempt to create a structure model of tubular knitted fabric that could correlate the size as well as elasticity of fabric with the loop geometry parameters (wale spacing, course spacing) of the yarn feeding. The experimental tensile test of the elastic fabric verified that the model is able to deduce the yarn feeding parameters from the elasticity and dimensional requirements of the fabric to be knitted. It is also illustrated that the yarn feeding is a key factor in controlling the elasticity of knitted fabrics.