Groz-Beckert’s knitting machine parts division is said to be looking forward to the ITMA Asia + CITME trade fair with great confidence. Alongside innovative needle developments, the Groz-Beckert knitting head and the Groz-Beckert cylinder will be the focus of interest.

Innovative needle developments

According to Groz-Beckert, the requirements placed on knitting needles for the production of knitwear are growing increasingly extreme. The search for new areas of application, high production performance, and long service life and also the topics of energy and environmental efficiency are all boosting innovation. At the ITMA Asia + CITME the company will be presenting new approaches for sock, flat and circular knitting needle sectors.

Groz Beckert says that it is not only the quality of its products that matters but also their safe and environmentally compatible manufacture which are essential worldwide. At ITMA Asia + CITME, Groz-Beckert will be showing how the principle of sustainability is integrated into its corporate guidelines: through ecologically sound action with the aim of protecting natural resources, on the basis of partnership and cooperation with all business partners in the interests of the environment and through ecological success in data, facts and figures. Groz-Beckert says these principles embrace every section of the company, from the creation of a product to its optimal customer benefit.

Cylinders - guaranteed constant precision

With regard to its cylinder manufacturing operation, Groz-Beckert says: “The higher the requirements placed on gauge, the more important the precision manufacture of the cylinder. A homogeneous loop structure on large circular knitting machines demands the highest precision with regard to the finished cylinder and sinker rings as well as the highest accuracy in coordination between cylinder and sinker ring and/or dial.”

“Groz-Beckert guarantees constant precision for all gauges in its production range, which comprises almost all diameters up to 60 inches and from E3 to E68. At the ITMA Asia + CITME Groz-Beckert will be presenting diverse trends in ultrafine gauges, as well as what is required to ensure they can be manufactured in the highest quality.

Groz-Beckert knitting head

Another knitting topic at ITMA Asia + CITME will be the Groz-Beckert knitting head which was introduced at the ITMA in Munich in 2007. Groz-Beckert says it was an instant success in the market and several Chinese circular knitting machine manufacturers already have it in their portfolios. Three years later, at the ITMA Asia + CITME, Groz-Beckert says it is proving the efficiency of this product in practical and continuous use.

Environmental prize

Groz-Beckert was recently awarded third place prize at the Kyocera Environment Prize for its Litespeed system which helps save energy and resources in high speed circular knitting by optimizing needle geometries. Prize giving took place on 29 April at the Economics Day organised by the Federal Association of Medium-Sized Companies e.V., Regional Association of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the World Conference Centre at the former German Bundestag in Bonn.(see image above)