Glossary
What is Flat knitting machine?
A knitting machine that knits flat panels or fabric on a straight needle bed, rather than a seamless tube on a rotating cylinder like a circular knitting machine; used for shaped panels (for example sweater pieces) as well as flat yardage.
This term in other languages
| Arabic | ماكينة الحياكة المسطحة |
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| French | Machine à tricoter rectiligne |
| Turkish | Düz örme makinesi |
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The main machine families in spinning, weaving and knitting mills
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