Posted May 17, 2017

 

RALEIGH, N.C. – N.C. State’s College of Textiles, in conjunction with Shima Seiki, will host a four-day, hands-on technical textiles knit design and programming course in August.

 

The event will take place at the College of Textiles here August 7-10.

 

Dr. Andre West will instruct the course, designed to introduce users to the design and programming of flat-knitted, 3D technical textiles, an emergent technology with broad applications, to produce products for niche applications. Each day will focus on a different Shima Seiki knitting machine.

 

The course will include intensive training of design structures, from the selection of materials to the application technique to prototype development.

 

Attendees will learn:

 

• The basic principles of 3D design;

• WHOLEGARMENT technology;

• Step-by-step icon programming;

• 3D construction techniques;

• Programming on Shima Seiki’s Apex3 software;

• Virtual knitting to reduce prototyping time;

• Spacer structures; and

• Split gauge knitting.

 

The early-bird price for the course is $995. After May 31, the price will be $1,295.

 

For more information and to register, please click here.

 

Source: N.C. State’s College of Textiles