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Fewer seams - ML 35 C takes shortest machine to body route
31 Jul '07
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Fewer seams in a garment mean fewer making-up sequences and make the garment more comfortable to wear. This is why the product developers at KARL MAYER have been busy since the beginning of last year with producing a bra having fewer seams on the ML 35 C.
This multibar raschel machine offers all the advantages of the latest generation of lace machines and enables completely new products to be developed. The focus here is on the possibility of incorporating specific stretch zones into the garment. The maximum shog path of the string bars of 170 needles, and the use of multiple yarn guides provides plenty of scope for designing garments.
The example of the bra illustrated here shows how these facilities can be exploited. The individual stages involved in developing this transparent support garment have already been described in Kettenwirk-Praxis [1, 2], and the end product is shown here.
Apart from the straps and the fastening, the entire bra is produced as a single piece, from the side sections to the cups. No seams are required at the edges, nor at the transition points between the individual components. This not only improves comfort and reduces making-up costs, it also prevents the bra from unattractively showing through the garment worn on top.
This clever design has been complemented by using specific types of yarns, which are designed primarily to provide optimum functional characteristics. In this case, elastane in three differentcounts is used, i.e. Lycra in a count of 156 dtex and Lycra bright, Type 260, in a count of 44 dtex were used in the pattern bars, and Lycra clear, Type 136, in a count of 310 dtex was used in the ground guide bar.
This multibar raschel machine offers all the advantages of the latest generation of lace machines and enables completely new products to be developed. The focus here is on the possibility of incorporating specific stretch zones into the garment. The maximum shog path of the string bars of 170 needles, and the use of multiple yarn guides provides plenty of scope for designing garments.
The example of the bra illustrated here shows how these facilities can be exploited. The individual stages involved in developing this transparent support garment have already been described in Kettenwirk-Praxis [1, 2], and the end product is shown here.
Apart from the straps and the fastening, the entire bra is produced as a single piece, from the side sections to the cups. No seams are required at the edges, nor at the transition points between the individual components. This not only improves comfort and reduces making-up costs, it also prevents the bra from unattractively showing through the garment worn on top.
This clever design has been complemented by using specific types of yarns, which are designed primarily to provide optimum functional characteristics. In this case, elastane in three differentcounts is used, i.e. Lycra in a count of 156 dtex and Lycra bright, Type 260, in a count of 44 dtex were used in the pattern bars, and Lycra clear, Type 136, in a count of 310 dtex was used in the ground guide bar.
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