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Blending Versatility with Productivity
SHIMA SEIKI's SIG123 follows in the footsteps of the best-selling SSG Series with a fine balance of quality, productivity, user-friendliness and economony. In addition, SIG123 distinguishes itself through specialized intarsia capability for efficient production of high value-added knitwear. For the wide variety of production options required for supporting a range of highly profitable work, SIG123 is your choice.
Versatility
Intarsia Knitting
SIG123 features the capacity for up to 32 intarsia carriers. The new intarsia carriers are more compact, fitting more carriers and thus allowing more color changes within a given knitting width. SIG123 also features light and rigid aluminum yarn carrier rails that form an arch-shape. This creates equal distance and angle to the needlebed for all yarn carriers, permitting a straight yarn carrier design which in turn contributes to smooth and stable operation.
WIDEGAUGE
SIG123SV feature WideGauge capability that allows a variety of gauges to be knit on a single machine. This allows the freedom to handle changing seasons and shifting trends without investing in a machine for every gauge or resorting to the complex, time-consuming task of gauge conversion. A wide range of production is possible, from tighter, finer gauge fabrics using all-needle knitting to more airy, lower-gauge textures using half-gauge (1×1) knitting.
Productivity / Reliability
DSCS
The World's First Digital Stitch Device, DSCS can be programmed with the desired loop length, after which it monitors yarn consumption continuously and adjusts yarn feed and tension to yield consistency throughout the fabric to within a remarkable ±1% tolerance. The result is quality control that is essential to shaping and integral garment production.
R2CARRIAGE
SIG123 features SHIMA SEIKI's new Rapid Response R2CARRIAGE System, which achieves quicker carriage returns after each course. For a given knitting width, a larger and heavier carriage requires more space (B) at each end of the machine to decelerate, return and accelerate back up to speed, so the actual portion where the carriage runs at full speed (A) becomes very limited. With SIG's R2CARRIAGE, less space is required for the carriage to make returns, allowing more area for the carriage to run at full speed. This allows faster knitting per course, resulting in an increase in productivity of over 10 per cent.
User-Friendliness
Spring-Type Full Sinker
Spring-type sinkers operate full-time regardless of carriage position, and provide gentle holddown movement, realizing significant improvement in quality and texture for complicated three-dimensional fabrics.
Stitch Presser
The patented stitch presser system features a special motor-driven system which allows the pressers to carry out individual on/off adjustments in both knit and transfer, in either course direction. These pressers are able to hold down fabric gently for improved consistency and control, contributing significantly to quality shaping.
Other Features
Yarn Gripper and Cutter
Our unique yarn gripper and cutter system consists of two yarn grippers and one yarn cutter that work in precise coordination with each other. Since the gripper and cutter are separate units, they can be independently activated to delay cutting while holding, or perform holding alone.
New Controller
Additional features include a new control unit that is built-in to the machine for simplified shipping and installation, easier maintenance, and more efficient use of space. A USB memory interface and a backup power supply are standard.
