Textile Manufacturing Skills

Covers 20 main topic areas, and includes more than 190 images, animations and video clips. After completing this program, you will be able to:

• Match basic knitting terms with their definitions.
• Differentiate between warp and weft knitting.
• Explain the differences in the machinery used for different fabrics.
• Describe how different fabrics are produced.

Circular Knitting contains in-depth content on the following topics: Circular Knitting, Fabric Applications, Fibres and Yarns, Fabric Properties and Characteristics, Basic Fabric Structures, Variations of Basic Structures, Weft Knitting Machines, Needles Types and Actions, Introduction to Design, and Knitting Quality and Defect Analysis.

Warp Knitting contains in-depth content on warp knitting machines, Raschel machines, simple stitch formations, warp knitted fabrics from tricot machines, warp knitted fabrics from Raschel machines, specialty machines, Powernet elastic knitting, crochet knitting, yarn requirements, yarn preparation and quality control.