INCREASING THE RATES OF FABRIC PRODUCTION OF WEFT- KNITTING MACHINERY PART III: MEASUREMENT OF THE NEEDLE FORCES.

When information is required about the forces acting on the needles in different cam systems, it is clearly more desirable to measure these forces directly than to measure the over-all machine torque. This paper describes a method for measuring the needle forces directly, and an examination is made of some of the information obtained from the force-measuring device used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]