Hosiery

Sock & Hosiery Cylinder Cycle and Chain Link Calculator

One course per cylinder revolution is the whole conversion. Everything a hosiery planner needs falls out of it once the course density is fixed.

Design Sock
cm
courses/cm
no.
Machine Cylinder
rpm
no.
%

Machine Output

— socks/h

Including doffing and stoppage at the stated efficiency

Cycle Breakdown

Courses per Sock
— no.
Chain Links Required
— no.
Pure Knitting Time
— s
Cycle Time per Sock
— s
Stitches Formed
— no.

Toe and heel are knitted reciprocating rather than in full rotation, so a sock with a deep heel pocket runs slower than the plain-course figure suggests. Fold that into the efficiency.

Sock & Hosiery Cylinder Cycle and Chain Link Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.