Open Source Circular Knitting Machine

Basics

• Part of the Open Source Textile Construction Set
• Can Produce Various Cloth Products, like the Open Source Linear Knitting Machine, but specializes in circular/tubular things like socks

Used For

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

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

Industry Standards

• http://www.terrot.de/en/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri9l0QdsUXA

Existing Open Source Designs

• https://github.com/var-mar/circular_knitic

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 )

See Also

• Open Source Textile Construction Set
• Knitting Machine

Useful Links

• Wikipedia Article on Industrial Knitting Machines
• Kniterate
• Shimaseiki
• OpenKnit