Incubation Centre
The Pilot Plant facility under COE-Sportech is set up in separate building in WRA Thane Campus. The Pilot Plant consists of various machines related to product & prototype development of Sportech products. Various Sport textile R&D samples are being developed using the incubation facilities in association with different manufacturer. The incubation facility is available to manufacturers and users of sports textile products. This helps the users and manufacturers to take trials for new product developments.
Warp Knitting Machine – Raschel Type
Technical Specifications: - Full width in 10 gauges (10 needles per inch) - Working width: 1270 mm or 50 inches - Maximum 12 guide bars with electronic control - Distance between needle beds: 1 - 16 mm - Stitch density (on both needle beds): 1- 40 stitches/cm - 2 sinker bars - latch needles Yarn count required - 2/15 Nm to 2/30 Nm (Pure or Blended yarn in all types of material spun or filament) For fabric sampling
- Yarn Quantity: Min 40 kgs net (200 yarn ends of 200 gms each)
- Fabric Width: 10 to 20 inches
- Length : 5 meters
- Technical uses (netting for sports equipment and the food industry, high resistance ribbons in special fibres, ribbons and fabrics for applications in the geo-textile, automotive, building and industrial sectors)
- Medical uses (tubular elastic netting, emergency bandages and dressings, disposable underwear)
- Footwear (spacer fabrics for uppers)
- Women’s apparel (mesh stockings and pantyhose) and fashion fabrics.
- Mufflers and Scraf/ Stole for Men & Women.
Warp Knitting Machine – Tricot Type
Applications High performance tricot machine for the productions of all the 3 bar articles, from light tulle over technical coating substrates up to raised velours. Technical Specifications: • KAMCOS (Karl Mayer Command System) single speed • Gauge : E28 • Maximum working width : 3302 mm ( 130 inches) ➢ Bars/knitting elements • Individual needle bar (synchronously milled) • Tongue bar (synchronously milled ) • Sinker bar with knock over adjustment (chromium plated sinkers) • 3 ground guide bars (GB 1 upto GB 3 stitch-forming, shog upto 25 mm) • All the bars are made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic. ➢ Pattern drive ➢ Pattern drive equipment :3 pattern disks, ➢ Yarn directing and tensioning device ➢ Warp beam support (3 x 32”) ➢ Yarn let-off device ➢ Feeler roller device ➢ Beam Shafts ➢ Fabric take-up ➢ Batching device No. 6 ➢ Fabric beam ➢ Motion control ➢ Operator interface : Colour touch screen in the switch cabinet for production data display ➢ Additional function: interactive operator guidance ; plain text display in 2 languages; display of the remaining running period per beam; 4 shift counter; 2 separate piece length counters with length stopping (meters/yards, repeats); error statistics for the produced piece of fabric; error storage with time stamp; working hour meter; display of maintenance intervals, integrated yarn inspection; integrated pattern data management ➢ LASERSTOP device
