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    Advantages and Disadvantages of Warp Knitting Tricot and Raschel Machines

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    Tricot machines have a compound sinker bar and needles that can be changed from the front, allowing for high stitch counts and overfeeding of yarn but limiting open structures and use of elastic or filler yarns due to the 90 degree angle of yarn feed. Raschel machines have a separate knockover bar and needles changed from the back, enabling looser stitches, open structures, and use of elastic or filler yarns due to the 170 degree yarn feed angle, but limiting overfeeding and high stitch densities. Both machine types have advantages and limitations depending on the intended fabric structure.

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    Tricot machines have a compound sinker bar and needles that can be changed from the front, allowing for high stitch counts and overfeeding of yarn but limiting open structures and use of elastic or filler yarns due to the 90 degree angle of yarn feed. Raschel machines have a separate knockover bar and needles changed from the back, enabling looser stitches, open structures, and use of elastic or filler yarns due to the 170 degree yarn feed angle, but limiting overfeeding and high stitch densities. Both machine types have advantages and limitations depending on the intended fabric structure.

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    Tricot machines have a compound sinker bar and needles that can be changed from the front, allowing for high stitch counts and overfeeding of yarn but limiting open structures and use of elastic or filler yarns due to the 90 degree angle of yarn feed. Raschel machines have a separate knockover bar and needles changed from the back, enabling looser stitches, open structures, and use of elastic or filler yarns due to the 170 degree yarn feed angle, but limiting overfeeding and high stitch densities. Both machine types have advantages and limitations depending on the intended fabric structure.

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of Warp Knitting Tricot and Raschel Machines

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    Tricot machines have a compound sinker bar and needles that can be changed from the front, allowing for high stitch counts and overfeeding of yarn but limiting open structures and use of elastic or filler yarns due to the 90 degree angle of yarn feed. Raschel machines have a separate knockover bar and needles changed from the back, enabling looser stitches, open structures, and use of elastic or filler yarns due to the 170 degree yarn feed angle, but limiting overfeeding and high stitch densities. Both machine types have advantages and limitations depending on the intended fabric structure.

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of Warp Knitting Tricot and Raschel machines

    Tricot machines Characteristics

    Compound sinker bar (2-point knockover). Warp beams are placed mainly at the back of the machine or perhaps above the machine. Needles can be changed from the front side of the machine. Up to 5 guide bars are used at the moment. Use of compound needles. Starting-up without fabric take-up possible. Only pillar loops cannot be knitted (only by support through inlay motion),(lateral 2-point knockover) Angle between incoming yarn sheet and fabric take-up is 90 (considerable needle stress). Simple machine construction. Short run-in of the threads because of the beam positions. High number of courses possible up to total stop of the beams (for pleats) because working without fabric take up is possible. High yarn run-in is possible (overfeed). Handling of the knitting elements from the knitter's side possible. Piles for terry effects are possible. Simple construction of pile fingers for plush. Soft fabric touch.

    Disadvantages of Tricot machines


    Problems with small number of stitches and reduced yarn run-in (fabric take-up 90) (high tension for the needle, loose selvedges lead to yarn twisting and fault). Processing of elastomeric yarn mainly possible only as loop. Net constructions are difficult to be made since the knock-over of the wales connection is not possible (lateral 2-point knock-over). Processing of filler yarns is very difficult (see fabric take-up,90). Common machine gauges from E 24 to E 40.

    Raschel machines Characteristics

    Separate knock-over bar (trick plate) 3-1point knock-over and stitch comb bar. Warp beams are placed on the top of the machine. Needles have to be changed from the back side of the machine (due to the knock-over comb bar). Nowadays up to 78 guide bars are possible. Usage of compound needles and sometimes of latch needles. Loop formation without fabric take-up is not possible;main knockover at the front edge (take-up). Angle between incoming yarn sheet and fabric take-up is 170(low needle stress). High take-up tension allows the production of open fabric structures and the manufacture of elastomeric inlays (powernet) as well as the production of elastic pleated fabrics. Vertical laying-in (filler threads) can be processed (170fabric take-up). The high yarn tension does not affect the needles directly. Hence, low stitch densities and short yarn run-in possible at high fabric stability and low needle stress. Various materials can be used: film tapes, glass,aramide, carbon, metal wires. Wide range of gauges.

    Disadvantages of Raschel machines


    Starting-up only with fabric take-up possible. Loose yarn run-in (overfeed) and high stitch densities(velvet, pleats) are not possible fabric touch less soft. Longer yarn path due to beam positions. Changing of needles only from the back side.

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