Modern single cylinder hosiery machines are
able to produce socks in good quality and with high production rates. The
quality of the knitted product depends heavily on the quality of the needles
used.
Kern-Liebers Textile offers high quality
needles for machines used for the production of socks. For example needles from
Kern-Liebers meet the OEM specifications of the global market leader Lonati.
They fulfill the demands in terms of quality and are highly flexible, with good
surface integrity and rounding.
The company showed a Lonati machine equipped
with needles and parts of Kern-Liebers. The machine can close the socks after
the knitting process. “In the past, we produced needles for this kind of sock
machines as well as parts for sewing the socks. But now the socks can be worn
directly out of the machine,“ said Josef Hetzel, Area Sales Manager Asia.
Kern-Liebers also offers a comprehensive
product range of machine parts, e.g. sinkers, transfer jacks, selectors,
cylinder bars, and various others. Some of the parts are partially hardened in
areas, which are subject to heavy strain, for example the butt of selectors.
With many years of experience in stamping
technology, the company produces technically demanding parts, for example,
sophisticated transfer jack forms. Most of the parts have been developed in
close co-operation with leading machine manufacturers.
New
generation of Kern-Liebers Relanit sinkers
The textile market is in continual change.
The technical standards of the machines and the know-how of all persons
involved become higher and higher. In addition to the need of high speed
machines, the specifications of the knitted fabric require increased standards
with regard to the strength and mesh structure.
For the Relanit machines of Mayer &
Cie., the demand for high-quality knitted fabrics increases continuously in
many markets. As a result, the machine settings and the tolerances need to be
constantly improved which also leads to higher and changed specifications for
the Relanit sinkers.
Kern–Liebers developed a new generation of
Relanit Sinkers which meets the latest requirements of the market. This new
generation enables the production of all kinds of knitted fabrics. A uniform pattern
can be ensured even for highly advanced knitted fabrics. Due to the new
development the range of strength of knitted fabrics can be considerably
extended.