Positive Feeders for Textile Machinery
Textile and clothing machine spare parts — what the part does, how to specify it, and the companies that supply it.
A positive feeder takes command of yarn delivery: instead of letting the machine pull yarn and hoping tension stays level, it drives the yarn forward at a set rate, so loop length is decided by the feeder and not by package variations. On modern circular knitting machines positive feeders are the standard answer to barré and to the demanding cases — striper and jacquard machines feeding several yarns at once, elastane at a set draft, and micro-fibre yarns that punish dirty or harsh handling.
Textile Machinery Directory
Multi-Function Positive Feeders
Jen-Haur of Taiwan, listed below, makes the multi-function positive feeder its lead product: a feeder that supplies two or more different types of yarn with different tension at the same time, for striper or jacquard machines. Its positive feeders with horizontal feeding device give the customer more space to change the sizes of the knob catcher and make it very easy to clean dust from the cover or the knob catcher. The aluminium-alloy positive feeder is a special design for micro-fibre and has an auto-clean function as well — a direct answer to the lint and dust sensitivity of fine synthetic yarns in the knitting shed.
Positive Feeders in the Knitting Plant
Feeder choice follows the machine and fabric: the number of yarns and tensions per feed, yarn type (standard, elastane, micro-fibre, metallic), and the cleaning regime the shed can sustain. Jen-Haur, established in 1976 and a leading circular knitting machine spare parts manufacturer, builds the feeder into a system — Lycra feeders that assemble with metallic rollers, brackets and covers per function; creel stands in side, vertical and vertical tube forms; and testing equipment including sample cutters, weight scales, swatch cutters, magnifiers, tension meters, yarn length meters and cleaning guns. Set up with the correct input tension and kept clean, a positive feeder removes the largest single variable in loop length, which is why the type has become the default on quality circular machines.
Companies Supplying Positive Feeders
Jen-Haur Company
Jen-Haur Company (Taiwan), established in 1976, is the leader of circular knitting machine spare parts manufacturers, with 25 years of accumulated experience and development in its technology. Its main products are multi-function positive feeders supplying two or more different types of yarn with different tension at the same time (for striper or jacquard machines); positive feeders with a horizontal feeding device, giving more space to change knob catcher sizes and easy cleaning of dust from cover or knob catcher; and aluminium-alloy positive feeders specially designed for micro-fibre, with an auto-clean function. The range extends to Lycra feeders, creel stands and testing equipment.
Supplies: Positive Feeders · Multi-Function Feeders · Lycra Feeders · Creel Stands · Testing Equipment
Textile & Clothing Machine Spare Parts
- Beam Heads
- Beams for Weaving Machines
- Bulb Socket
- Cams
- Ceramic Friction Disks
- Ceramic Thread Guides
- Circular Knitting Machine Parts
- Creel Stands
- Cutters for Looms
- Cylinders
- Dials
- Electric Shears
- Feed Wheel
- Feeders
- Fineblanked Stampled Parts
- Flexible Card Clothing
- Grinder
- Grippers
- Guide Unit s - textile machinery
- Hosiery Camboxes
- Knitting Machine Spare Parts
- Loop Forming Elements
- Loose Needles
- Lycra Feeders
- Metallic Card Clothing
- Metallic Cleaning Tool
- Mounting Pads
- Papermakers for Felt Weaving
- Patterning
- Poy Winder Machines
- Pulleys for textile machines
- Rapier Tapes
- Rapier Wheel
- Raschel Machinery Parts
- Rotary Hooks
- Safe Needles
- Sample
- Sensors for Looms
- Sewing Machinery Spare Parts
- Sinkers Rings
- Slide Electronic yarn Control Devices
- Springs for Textile Machines
- Stamped Bent Parts
- Stitch Bonding Machine Parts
- Striper
- Swatch Cutters
- Tension Meters
- Thread Break Guard
- Thread Guide Units
- Tricot Machinery Spare Parts
- Warp Knitting Spare Parts
- Warper Beams
- Weaving Machinery Spare Parts
- Weft Feeders
- Weight Scales
- yarn Carriers
- yarn Retainer
- yarn Sensor
- yarn Splicers
- yarn Suction Cups for Winders
- yarn Supervisor by Drop
- yarn Supervisor by Tearing
- yarn Supervisor by Tearing & Drop
Knitting & Weaving Machinery
- Circular Knitting Machinery
- Crotchet Knitting Machinery
- Double Jersey Knitting Machinery
- Fleece fabric Knitting Machines
- Hosiery / Socks Machinery
- Knitting Lubricator
- Knitting Software
- Mesh fabric Knitting Machines
- Pile fabric Knitting Machines
- Plush fabric Knitting Machines
- Rib fabric Knitting Machinery
- Ring Temples
- Seamless Knitting Machinery
- Sewing Machinery Attachments
- Single Jersey Knitting Machinery
- Terry fabric Knitting Machinery
- Terry Machinery
- Velour fabric Knitting Machinery
- Weaving Machines
Common Questions
What makes a feeder 'positive'?
It drives the yarn at a set rate rather than letting the machine pull it, so loop length is set by the feeder and stays constant through package and tension variations upstream.
What is a multi-function positive feeder?
A feeder that supplies two or more yarn types at different tensions simultaneously — the requirement on striper and jacquard circular knitting machines (Jen-Haur's lead product).
Why do micro-fibre feeders have auto-clean?
Fine micro-fibre yarns are highly sensitive to dust and lint at the feeder. The aluminium-alloy feeder in the Jen-Haur range is designed for micro-fibre with an auto-clean function to keep the yarn path clear.