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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

Arabicماكينة الحياكة المسطحة
FrenchMachine à tricoter rectiligne
TurkishDüz örme makinesi

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The main machine families in spinning, weaving and knitting mills

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