Abstract:

According to the new plating theory, a novel plating yarn carrier with three guide eyes for the weft knitting machine was designed in this paper. Using this kind of yarn carrier, the laying lengthwise angle of the ground yarn was greater than that of the face yarn. The laying lateral angle of the ground yarn was smaller than that of the face yarn. The laying position of the middle yarn was between those values. At the same time, we developed a kind of moisture comfort elastic-plated fabric with cotton yarn outside, superfine polypropylene fibre inside and lycra in the middle. Through the knitting tests, it was found that the novel plating yarn carrier can effectively control ‘misplating’ problems. The orthogonal experiment results showed that the best face appearance was gained when the laying angles were at the 2nd or 3rd position, the cotton was 40S, the lycra was 20D, and the polypropylene was 55 dtex /72f.