Santoni will celebrate its presence at the upcoming ITM 2024 in Istanbul, in a demonstration of its constant technical research capability through its latest seamless knitting innovation.

In Hall 3 - Booth 306A Santoni will showcase its brand new SM8-TOP2ST, a single jersey electronic circular knitting machine with 8 feeds and 2 points of selection needle-by needle per feed, which is available in 13–20-inch diameters in gauges 24, 26 and 28.

The new variant of the Santoni SM8-TOP2V, through an innovative and patented mechatronic device, is the first ever seamless knitting machine to produce garments with needle-by-needle / sinker-by-sinker selective terry (full electronic selection of the sinkers). The machine keeps the main TOP2V specs and fabric possibilities but offers the capability to make sculptured terry patterns.Selective terry can be placed in any area of the garment improving its technical-functional performances.

The resulting knitted tubular garments can be worn either in a conventional way, with the terry on the inside, or turning them inside out, in order to have the terry on the outside.

On the one hand, the terry, being in the internal part of the garment, plays a cushioning function, providing greater softness, comfort and breathability. On the other hand, the terry, being placed outside the garment, enhances it especially from an aesthetic point of view.

The selective terry capability provides high added value mainly to technical garments, such as those presented in preview at ITM 2024. The images below highlight some areas of selective terry that have been obtained through needles in knit and miss position.

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