Objective Innovative pneumatic and mechanical devices have been developed to achieve an automatic loading capability of a computer numerical control (CNC), V-bed knitting machine.The automatic system has been developed to load yarn to machine feeders from cones and to deal with yarn thread breakages, cone runouts and programmed cone changes with automatic splicing. An automatic unloading system for discrete knitted pieces together with a takeaway conveying device has been developed. A fault detection system has also been developed which can recognise, as they happen, knitting faults such as dropped stitches and tension variations, locate them and cause the knitting machine to stop. Programme(s) FP1-BRITE - Multiannual research and development programme (EEC) in the fields of basic technological research and the applications of new technologies (BRITE), 1985-1988 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Enterprise Ireland - Trading as Bioresearch Ireland Address Glasnevin 9 Dublin Ireland See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Business Unit of TNO Built Environment and Geosciences Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Van mourik broekmanweg 6 2628 XE Delft See on map Links Website Opens in new window Centre Scientifique et Technique de l'Industrie Textile Belge - CENTEXBEL Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address 24,rue montoyer 24 1000 Bruxelles See on map Confederation of Irish Industry Ireland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kildare street 2 Dublin See on map Protti SpA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via favaglie san rocco 4 20010 Cornaredo milano See on map