Whole Garment and Integral Knitting Technology
topic
Whole garment knitting machines produce complete three-dimensional garments without seams by knitting body and sleeve tubes simultaneously on separate needle bed sections and integrating them at the yoke through stitch transfer and joining courses, with advanced machines including Shima Seiki WHOLEGARMENT and Stoll CMS systems achieving complete sweater production in a single machine operation eliminating all sewing assembly operations.
Role
Enables the production of completely seamless garments that achieve superior comfort, fit, and luxury aesthetics over cut-and-sew and even conventional fully fashioned construction, representing the highest technology expression of flat knitting capability and commanding premium price positioning in luxury knitwear markets where seamless construction and minimal yarn waste from elimination of assembly operations justify the higher machine cost.