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==Basics==
=Basics=


- Part of the [[Open Source Textile Construction Set]]
*Part of the [[Open Source Textile Construction Set]]


- Similar to a [https://www.kniterate.com/product/kniterate-the-digital-knitting-machine/ Kniterate] Device
*Similar to a [https://www.kniterate.com/product/kniterate-the-digital-knitting-machine/ Kniterate] Device


- Can Produce fully assembled garments, fabric sheets, and sails from various reels of yarn (as well as wire for conductive fabric/circuits/smart fabric) , all at the touch of a button
*Can Produce fully assembled garments, fabric sheets, and sails from various reels of yarn (as well as wire for conductive fabric/circuits/smart fabric) , all at the touch of a button


==Used For==




=Used For=


The conversion of various yarns into fully assembled products such as:
The conversion of various yarns into fully assembled products such as:


Clothing
*Clothing
 
*Safety Clothing 
 
*Hazmat Clothing
 
*Sails
 
*Tents
 
*Cement Impregnated Fabric
 
*Cement Impregnated Fabric Tents
 
*Waterproof Tarps
 
*Medical Fabric (i.e gauze)


Safety Clothing 
*Conductive Fabric or Garments / Smart Fabric or Garments


Hazmat Clothing


Sails


Tents


Cement Impregnated Fabric


Cement Impregnated Fabric Tents
=Industry Standards=


Waterproof Tarps
*[https://www.kniterate.com/product/kniterate-the-digital-knitting-machine/ Kniterate]


Medical Fabric (i.e gauze)
*[http://www.shimaseiki.com/product/knit/ Shimaseiki]


Conductive Fabric or Garments / Smart Fabric or Garments


==Industry Standards==






1. [https://www.kniterate.com/product/kniterate-the-digital-knitting-machine/ Kniterate]
=Existing Open Source Designs=


2. [http://www.shimaseiki.com/product/knit/ Shimaseiki]
*






==Minimum Viable Product==




=Minimum Viable Product=


- Modular
- Modular
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- Produces finished products ( or at least as close to finished as we can get it to go )
- Produces finished products ( or at least as close to finished as we can get it to go )


==Basic Design==






==BOM==
 
=Basic Design=
 
*
 
 
 
 
 
=BOM=
 
*
 






==See Also==
 
=See Also=


[[Open Source Textile Construction Set]]
[[Open Source Textile Construction Set]]
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[[Knitting Machine]]
[[Knitting Machine]]


==Useful Links==


1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting_machine Wikipedia Article on Industrial Knitting Machines]


2. [https://www.kniterate.com/product/kniterate-the-digital-knitting-machine/ Kniterate]


3. [http://www.shimaseiki.com/product/knit/ Shimaseiki]


4. [http://openknit.org/ OpenKnit]
=Useful Links=
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting_machine Wikipedia Article on Industrial Knitting Machines]
 
*[https://www.kniterate.com/product/kniterate-the-digital-knitting-machine/ Kniterate]
 
*[http://www.shimaseiki.com/product/knit/ Shimaseiki]
 
*[http://openknit.org/ OpenKnit]

Revision as of 00:53, 22 February 2018

Basics

  • Can Produce fully assembled garments, fabric sheets, and sails from various reels of yarn (as well as wire for conductive fabric/circuits/smart fabric) , all at the touch of a button



Used For

The conversion of various yarns into fully assembled products such as:

  • Clothing
  • Safety Clothing
  • Hazmat Clothing
  • Sails
  • Tents
  • Cement Impregnated Fabric
  • Cement Impregnated Fabric Tents
  • Waterproof Tarps
  • Medical Fabric (i.e gauze)
  • Conductive Fabric or Garments / Smart Fabric or Garments



Industry Standards



Existing Open Source Designs



Minimum Viable Product

- Modular

- User Upgradable

- User Maintainable

- Integration with Open Source Textile Construction Set

- Scaleable from desktop machines all the way to the largest industrial machines

- Can be part of something like the D3D Print Farm , but for production of textile products

- Can use many types of yarn materials / gauges of yarn

- Produces finished products ( or at least as close to finished as we can get it to go )



Basic Design



BOM



See Also

Open Source Textile Construction Set

Knitting Machine



Useful Links