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04/12/2025 – Technological advances in warp knitting

Karl Mayer: 35 years of EL technology

From the first trials with electric motors to the latest innovations presented at ITMA 2023, EL technology has shaped machine development at Karl Mayer for 35 years.

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“We wanted to use electric motors to move the bars. That was completely new territory,” recalls Georg Kraus, Senior Expert Technology Development and EL pattern drive activist from the very beginning. © Karl Mayer

 
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“We wanted to use electric motors to move the bars. That was completely new territory,” recalls Georg Kraus, Senior Expert Technology Development and EL pattern drive activist from the very beginning. © Karl Mayer

 
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Karl Mayer has shaped the development of electronic control in warp knitting over the past decades. © Karl Mayer

 
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