Have a look behind the scenes: The production of warp knitted fabrics

The production of warp knitted fabrics

Yarn production
The first step is producing the yarn. The resulting threads are wound onto bobbin, with each thread consisting of up to 80 filaments. Each bobbin can hold individual threads of from 3- to 9-kg weight.

Warping
The next step in production is the so-called “warping,” where between 1100 and 1400 threads are wound onto a warp beam. Up to 15 warp beams are grouped together. If the beams in a group are to be used for the same production run, they must all have exactly the same diameter.

Knitting
During the next step, knitting, the actual warp fabric is produced. For a 5-meter width of grey cloth, as many as 24200 individual threads are knitted at the same time. While in the machine, each thread passes through up to 3 needles. Automatic flaw detection systems, such as laser scanning or cameras, facilitate complete inspection for standard knitting flaws. A final quality check is performed by specially trained staff.

Finishing
The grey cloth that has been knitted is then finished. Finishing consists of different steps in which the grey cloth is washed, dyed and fused. This is also the part of the process in which our special coatings – so important for good printing results – are applied. Following the finishing process, smaller lengths of fabric are then rewound and final quality checks are performed.