Singeing circular knit fabrics

As with woven fabrics, hairiness of the face of knitted fabrics is seldom desirable. There are various ways to avoid this problem. The yam quality, uniform face appearance and proper yam count are important factors where the quality of knitted fabric is concerned. The quality can be further improved by additional process stage such as, for instance, singeing. 

The singeing machine for circular knit fabric differs from the well-known singeing machine for woven fabrics only in guiding and transport of the fabric. The real problem consists in properly opening out the tubular fabric. The distance between burner and fabric must be exactly the same at every point. The burner must be so designed that there is an uniform flame intensity over the entire tube circumfer- 

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