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=Basics=
#REDRECT [[Open Source Linear Knitting Machine]]
 
*Part of the [[Open Source Textile Construction Set]]
 
*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
 
 
 
 
 
=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=
 
*[https://www.kniterate.com/product/kniterate-the-digital-knitting-machine/ Kniterate]
 
*[http://www.shimaseiki.com/product/knit/ Shimaseiki]
 
 
 
 
 
=Existing Open Source Designs=
 
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=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=
 
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=BOM=
 
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=See Also=
 
[[Open Source Textile Construction Set]]
 
[[Knitting Machine]]
 
 
 
 
 
=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]

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