Mask production maker opens program with knit knitting device Wakayama April 7 20:24
With the spread of the new coronavirus worldwide and the shortage of masks continuing, a major textile machinery manufacturer in Wakayama City has released a program for making masks using knitting equipment to customers' companies, Production has begun in each country.
Shima Seiki Seisakusho, a major textile machinery manufacturer headquartered in Wakayama, produces machines called knitted whole garments that automatically knit three-dimensionally and sells more than 10,000 units to domestic and overseas companies.
Amid the global shortage of masks, Shima Seiki quickly developed a program for making knitted masks and made it available to customers.
Utilizing the technology cultivated in knit making, the mask is woven three-dimensionally and fits well on the face, meaning that one mask can be produced in about 8 minutes.
There is also a pocket inside the mask to hold the filter.
This program has been downloaded more than 200 times so far, 60% are domestic companies, and 40% are overseas companies such as Italy and the United States.
Mr. Takashi Kino, Chief of the Advanced Knit Development Group at Shima Seiki Seisakusho, said, "We received many inquiries and created the data for the first time. .
Sock manufacturers produce masks
A sock maker in Nara Prefecture will use this program to start producing masks soon.
Leg Knit Chris, a company in Koryo Town, Nara Prefecture, known as a sock town, has been producing socks using Shima Seiki Seisakusho's Whole Garment for about 10 years.
This company began to make mask filters last month, thinking that there was something that could be done with the mask shortage continuing, but this time, it has downloaded the mask program released by Shima Seiki immediately. .
At present, the company has decided to start making masks after waiting for the order of filters to finish.
"We are grateful that we can save time developing original data for masks and start production immediately. We would like to do our utmost to help solve the mask shortage. "