Knitting

Circular Knitting Production Calculator

Knitting output is set by loops per minute and stitch length, not by machine diameter.

Machine Running conditions
rpm
no.
no.
Fabric & Shift Yarn and time
mm
Ne
90%
30% 100%
h

Fabric per Shift

— kg

One machine at the stated efficiency

Production Rates

Machine Output
— kg/h
Yarn Consumed
— m/h
Courses Knitted
— /min
Loops Formed
— /min

Stitch length is the single biggest lever here and the one most often drifting. Check it on the machine with a course-length counter, not from the pattern sheet.

Circular Knitting Production Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.