Development And Application Of Fully Formed Decorative Products

There are many kinds of computerized flat knitting machines, which can produce a variety of different types of fully formed products. In order to distinguish fully formed knitted products, they can be generally divided into apparel products, apparel products and industrial products. In this paper, five kinds of commonly used vamp, hat, bag, seat and lighting are selected to introduce the fully formed decorative products.

Vamp

　　 Knitted products are widely used in vamp production due to their light weight and good air permeability. In 2012, Nike cooperated with Ningbo Shenzhou Knitting Co., Ltd. to knit the shaped upper cloth with computerized flat knitting machine, and its product was called "flying weaving shoes". Later, Adidas also launched its own flying shoes. After the promotion and marketing of major shoe brands, the word "Feizhi" began to become popular. In addition to the traditional vamp materials such as cloth, leather and leather, fly woven upper has become a new series of shoe materials.

The earliest flying shoes used the knitting method of retracting and releasing needles, without cutting. After taking off the machine, the finished shoes can be produced after simple stitching and bonding. With the continuous development of computer flat knitting machine technology, various kinds of fly woven vamp have been produced. Compared with the traditional vamp, the fly woven upper is more skin friendly and comfortable, can fit the foot like a sock, and can make the foot pressure distribute reasonably during the movement.

Flying shoes

Hat

At present, the hat types that can be directly woven on fully formed computerized flat knitting machine are ordinary hat, double hat and Beret. Beret originated from ancient Greece, and was widely used in the field of fashion, becoming a fashion piece for women. The beret knitted by computer flat knitting machine is warm and comfortable, with strong three-dimensional feeling and beautiful appearance. It can not only reduce the production cost, but also improve the production efficiency.

Knitting caps of various styles can be knitted on fully formed computerized flat knitting machine. According to the use, the hat can also be given special functions in the knitting process. For example, the German Stoll company has developed a fully formed knitted hat that can be heated by using a computerized flat knitting machine. The hat uses conductive yarn at the mouth and nose, and is heated by the battery in the bag at the back of the hat, which can prevent outdoor athletes from inhaling cold air, thus protecting human health.

Fully formed knitted hat

Stoll knit hat

Bag

As an essential product to enhance the overall temperament and collocation effect, bag design is always the focus of consumers. In order to meet the needs of consumers for fashion, personality, high quality and taste, some designers are constantly looking for new methods to carry out innovative bag design, such as using fur, knitted fabrics or other new materials for design and production. In order to realize the three-dimensional modeling of bags, the computer flat knitting machine technology has been used. From handbags to all kinds of backpacks, the computerized flat knitting machine can be used for tube knitting.

Shima Seiki company uses computer flat knitting machine to produce fully formed folded yarn handbag. The handbag uses hot melt yarn and water-soluble vinylon yarn to form holes with three-dimensional sense on the surface, and the heat-melt yarn is used to show the overall stiffness of the backpack. Stoll uses its own computerized flat knitting machine to design and manufacture fully formed knitted bags. In the process of making, it adopts interval structure and weft lining yarn to realize the product modeling; In the knitting process, there is no redundant sewing and cutting process. The product is closely organized, rich in colors and patterns, and has high quality, which can meet the needs of consumers.

Dao Jing handbag

Stoll handbag

chair

In the information network era, people sit on the chair for a long time every day to work, study or play. Seat design has become the key to human health. As a supporting tool of human body, the seat should make the weight of the body evenly distributed, which can relax the muscles, stabilize the trunk, and bring comfort to people. Seat fabric needs good touch, soft hand, not rough, but also has certain air permeability, extensibility and wear resistance, which can meet the needs of human body in all aspects of sitting and lying.

Italian designer Benjamin Hubert designed a seamless knitting chair for Italian furniture brand moroso. The chair is made of millions of knitting coils and 50000 m long yarn nested with the overall steel frame. It is woven with unique digital knitting technology; Tent like structure perfectly fits the body shape of consumers, and also has excellent elasticity and support. Ford (Ford) company uses computer flat knitting machine related technology to produce seamless knitted seat cover. The woven car seat cover is more suitable for the shape of the seat and can effectively reduce the wrinkle after use. This kind of car seat cover is expected to achieve personalized customization.

Seamless 3D knitted seat

Ford fully formed seat

Lighting

As the finishing touch of family decoration style, lighting plays an important role in modern interior design. Nowadays, people's living concept has changed from simple "survival needs" to "environmental needs". People living in noisy cities begin to yearn for pure and natural life, and create a safe and comfortable environment through the natural nature of home decoration materials.

Shimagi company developed the full-forming seamless lampshade by using hot-melt yarn and water-soluble yarn on computerized flat knitting machine. The appearance modeling of lampshade was formed by heating and hardening characteristics of hot-melt yarn, while the gap of lampshade was formed by water-soluble yarn, which made the lampshade have unique structure and three-dimensional shape. In addition to shimagi, Stoll, Ningbo Cixing and Steiger of Switzerland are also committed to producing all kinds of fully formed decorative products. The products produced by computerized flat knitting machine are more decorative and can weave special three-dimensional shapes that are difficult to be realized by other machines, bringing people a new sensory experience. Some designers use the computer flat knitting machine technology to process the heat setting yarn into a fully formed seamless lampshade, and use the characteristics of the heat setting yarn to produce lighting with unique structure and three-dimensional shape, which adds a different flavor of life to the home environment.

Shimizu fully formed lampshade

Stoll fully formed lampshade

(source: Textile Guide)