With its OVJA 1.6 ET, Mayer & Cie. was demonstrating a fully electronic circular knitting machine with transfer facility in gauge E 18 with a 30“ diameter. This universal circular knitting machine met with positive feedback from visitors, due not only to its excellent productivity for jacquard and rib constructions and its extreme operating simplicity, but also for its enormous patterning variety with additional facility for producing transfer knits. Production times achievable with this machine are decisively enhanced by Mayer & Cie.’s tried and tested fully electronic control system and cams in the dial cam box permitting adjustment from the outside.

There was a particular highlight on show for visitors in the form of a Relanit machine capable of knitting stripes in up to 10 colours, demonstrated in China for the very first time. The exhibited machine was the Relanit 1.6 R with 5-colour striping attachments. By using 2 feeders it enables striping in up to 10 colours – naturally also with reliable elastomer plating.

Relative movement technology - a Mayer & Cie. development – is generally accepted as the current standard for single jersey production. The absence of any obstacles blocking direct access to the needle bed makes the Relanit the ideal machine for striping. The trend towards stripes using as many colours as possible continues unabated and was reflected by a gratifying number of machine orders concluded both directly at the stand and following on from the show.

The Mayer & Cie. team was anxious to gauge the reaction at the show to the new BASICLine machine series concept. With the S4-3.2, Mayer was exhibiting the first machine of the new series. This single jersey machine with up to 4 needle structures is also highly suited for the production of plated single jersey. Sufficient to say, the exhibition machine was constantly surrounded by a crowd of interested fair-goers, particularly during demonstrations of its outstanding production output. The S4-3.2 was operated at the show at 28 rpm with full elastomer plating.

Visitors were particularly impressed by the fact that this remains undoubtedly a Mayer machine despite its favourable price tag. It covers the whole range of weights currently dominating the apparel markets and achieves a typically Mayer output performance of up to 1.4 m/sec with the utmost reliability and safety.

Triple ceramic plating yarn feeders come as standard. The
S 4-3.2 is made even more flexible by its facility for conversion to three-thread fleece (optional extra).

The fabric takedown, featuring a wrapping winder mechanism and MCT trapezoidal spreader, is designed for fabric bales of up to 380 mm in diameter. Mayer & Cie. is intending to offer additional variations of this machine, for instance with folding into a fabric work box.

The simplicity of operation clearly demonstrates that the
S 4-3.2 is designed through and through for productivity. The knitting segments used are largely standardized. The needles and sinkers are available the world over and, like the feeding units for instance, can be procured from any manufacturer.

The sinker cams are designed as a single segment. One cam per feeder means simplified exchange of sinkers. The display indications are provided in easily understood symbol form, allowing operators with legibility or language issues to easily get to grips with the machine.

With its new BASICLine series, Mayer & Cie. is rounding off the bottom end of its machine range, helping circular knitting manufacturers who were previously unable to benefit from Mayer & Cie. quality to upgrade their production. These include mainly companies who find this type of standardized solution completely adequate in terms of flexibility and performance.
 
The BASICLine series is due to be extended shortly by a double jersey machine which will be ready to exhibit by the ITMA Asia.