Inquiry (采购产品): weft knitting Dear Sir/Madam, I am a final year student at the University of Leeds, England. I am studying a BA (Hons) degree in textile design, specialising in knitted fabric design. Currently I am writing a dissertation on weft knitting and its potential within the technical textiles market. It would be very much appreciated if you could answer a few questions about the weft knitting that your company produces, and any information that you can provide me with will be invaluable for my studies as the deadline is fast approaching. Please find the questionnaire below. Many thanks, Nicola Simpson 1. What percentage of all products produced are for technical textile end uses? 2. Of this amount, how much is weft knitted? 3. Please give examples of end-uses for weft knitted technical textiles produced. 4. Has the demand for your industrial weft knitted fabrics changed over the last five years and by how much? 5. From which country are the majority of orders for weft knitted technical textiles? 6. Has this changed much in the last 5 years? 7. What types of weft knitting machinery does the company use? 8. What percentage of technical textiles is produced on V-bed knitting machines? 9. What percentage of technical textiles is produced on circular weft knitting machines? 10. What weft knitted structures do you produce for technical textiles? 11. Which of these is most common and why? 12. What yarn is most commonly used for the weft knitted technical textiles produced? 13. What are the characteristics of this yarn that make it so suitable? 14. Do you produce any shaped knitted industrial fabrics? 15. Does your company use moulding techniques on knitted technical textiles produced? 16. If so, which moulding technique is most commonly used and why? 17. Are you required to test knitted fabrics’ bearing strength? 18. Are you required to test knitted fabrics for impact and compression after impact performance? 19. Are you required to test weft knitted fabrics for critical crack length? 20. Are you required to test the deformation of weft knit preforms? 21. Do you anticipate weft knitted technical textiles to become increasingly widespread? -- **** Hidden Message ***** Nicola Simpson 8 Ebor Mount hyde park LeedsLS6 1NS GBR Company: University of Leeds Title: Miss E-mail: tex4nas@leeds.ac.uk **** Hidden Message ***** tex4nas@leeds.ac.uk
