All-Motor Super Small Carriage
It further optimizes the size of the machine carriage, reduces the turning radius, and improves the knitting efficiency. With a maximum machine speed of 1.9 m/s, it greatly refreshes the knitting efficiency.
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Knit-to-shape Flat Knitting Machine
STG860 All-in-one Computerized Flat Knitting Machine
The STG860 is an eighth-generation, multi-functional all-in-one computerized flat knitting machine developed for high-efficiency, large-scale, and diversified knitwear production. Equipped with industry-leading fully-fashioned knitting technology, it enables super-wide knitting, complex structures, and multi-product manufacturing on a single platform.
By integrating advanced motorized systems, intelligent control, and innovative needle bed design, the STG860 allows manufacturers to produce both standard fabrics and fully-fashioned knitwear with higher productivity, faster repeat orders, and improved profitability. It represents CIXING’s latest breakthrough under the STEIGER blue innovation philosophy, combining deep R&D expertise with real market demand.
Keywords:
Knit-to-shape Flat Knitting Machine
| 86 Inch Model | 5/10G | 6/12G | 57/14G | 7/14G | 9/18G | 12/24G | 14/28G |
| 76 Inch Model | 5/10G | 6/12G | 57/14G | 7/14G | 9/18G | 12/24G | 14/28G |
| 56 Inch Model | 5/10G | 6/12G | 57/14G | 7/14G | 9/18G | 12/24G | 14/28G |
| 36 Inch Model | 5/10G | 6/12G | 57/14G | 7/14G | 9/18G | 12/24G | 14/28G |
| Basic Parameters | ●Standard ○Optional | ||||||
| Knitting System | Triple System | Triple System | Triple System | Triple System | Triple System | Triple System | Triple System |
| Needle Bed Length(Inch) | 86/76/56/36 | 86/76/56/36 | 86/76/56/36 | 86/76/56/36 | 86/76/56/36 | 86/76/56/36 | 86/76/56/36 |
| Max Speed(m/s) | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 5.2 Inch Carriage | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Motorized Carriage | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Racking Range | 4 inch | 4 inch | 4 inch | 4 inch | 4 inch | 4 inch | 4 inch |
| Actuator | 8 Section needle | 8 Section needle | 8 Section needle | 8 Section needle | 8 Section needle | 8 Section needle | 8 Section needle |
| Sinker | Anti-cross | Anti-cross | Anti-cross | Anti-cross | Anti-cross | Anti-cross | Anti-cross |
| Main Roller | High roller | High roller | High roller | High roller | High roller | High roller | High roller |
| Intelligent Knitting System | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Needle | Steiger | Steiger | Steiger | Steiger | Steiger | Steiger | Steiger |
| Machine Body | Casting | Casting | Casting | Casting | Casting | Casting | Casting |
| Standard Gauge | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Yarn Storage | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Yarn Provider | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| 16 Sets of feeder | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Emergency Stop Device | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Front Safety Doors | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Rare Safety Doors | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Roll Fabric(Infrared) | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| 86 Inch Length | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 76 Inch Length | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.35 |
| 56 Inch Length | 2.85 | 2.85 | 2.85 | 2.85 | 2.85 | 2.85 | 2.85 |
| 36 Inch Length | 2.35 | 2.35 | 2.35 | 2.35 | 2.35 | 2.35 | 2.35 |
| Width(m) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Height(m) | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 86 inch weight(kg) | 1400 | 1400 | 1400 | 1400 | 1400 | 1400 | 1400 |
| 76inch weight(kg) | 1210 | 1210 | 1210 | 1210 | 1210 | 1210 | 1210 |
| 56inch weight(kg) | 1050 | 1050 | 1050 | 1050 | 1050 | 1050 | 1050 |
| 36inch weight(kg) | 915 | 915 | 915 | 915 | 915 | 915 | 915 |
| 220v Single Phase(50/60hz) | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| 380v Single Phase(50/60hz) | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Power(kw) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Note:
1.Model:
"STG860"represents STG860 type's three system 86 inch needle bed with muti-function all-in-one machine.
"STG860-76" represents STG860 type's three system 76 inch needle bed with muti-function all-in-one machine.
"5/10G'"represents make a regular 5-needle fabric with a 10-needle gauge through alternate needles.
2.The standard configuration is the factory default configuration of Cixing. If other configurations are required, they must be indicated when signing the contract.
3. The above is the configuration list of conventional models. Please consult the sales personnel for special models.
4.The above configuration may be adjusted within a certain period of time, and the final contract shall prevail.
5.The above special accessories are the products independently developed by Cixing,l t is not recommended to use the same type of products in the market.
For the sake of equipment safety,it is recommended to use the original accessories of Cixing.
Sample
All-in-One Machine
An all-in-one solution capable of producing standard knitted sweater fabric as well as fully-fashioned garments including clothes, hats, scarves, gloves, socks and other knitwear. It eliminates traditional processes such as sewing and fitting after slicing, reducing labor costs, improving delivery efficiency, and enhancing product quality and integrity. Due to the unique design of the needle bed, ordinary fabric can expand more patterns that cannot be completed by ordinary machines, greatly improving the weaving efficiency of ordinary fabric, patterns include: multi-layer jacquard structures, integrated pockets, integrated collar, double-layer stitch transfer openwork technique.
Key Features
1.One Machine for Multiple Product Categories
The STG860 supports both fully-fashioned garments and standard knitted fabrics, allowing manufacturers to switch between different product types without changing machines. This dramatically reduces equipment investment and increases machine utilization.
2.Higher Output with Faster Repeat Orders
Optimized carriage movement, intelligent stroke reduction, and high-speed knitting enable shorter production cycles. The machine is particularly suitable for fast repeat orders, helping factories respond quickly to market demand.
3.Expanded Design Freedom for Complex Structures
The STG860 enables advanced knitting structures that are difficult or impossible on conventional flat knitting machines. Manufacturers can easily develop value-added products, enhancing differentiation and market competitiveness.
4.Reduced Labor and Post-Processing Costs
By supporting fully-fashioned and integrated knitting processes, the STG860 eliminates or significantly reduces traditional post-knitting operations such as cutting, sewing, and linking—lowering labor dependency and improving delivery efficiency.
5.Stable Quality Across Large and Complex Garments
The machine maintains consistent stitch density, fabric flatness, and shaping accuracy even on large-size or structurally complex garments, ensuring reliable quality in mass production.
6.Lower Material Waste and Higher Yarn Utilization
Intelligent system control minimizes unnecessary yarn consumption caused by edge roll-down, inefficient transfers, or redundant knitting rows—helping reduce production costs and improve material efficiency.
7.Safe, Reliable, and Long-Term Operation
Integrated safety protection, real-time alerts, and intelligent monitoring reduce operational risks, improve equipment stability, and extend service life—supporting long-term, high-intensity production environments.
Applications
Fully-fashioned garments (sweaters, pullovers, fashion knitwear)
Standard knitted fabrics
Hats, scarves, gloves, socks, and accessories
Complex structural designs, such as:
Multi-layer jacquard constructions
Integrated pockets and collars
Double-layer stitch-transfer openwork techniques
Three-dimensional and sculptural knit effects
Detailed introduction
All-Motor Super Small Carriage
The optimized super small carriage design reduces the turning radius and significantly improves knitting efficiency. With a maximum machine speed of 1.9 m/s, it greatly enhances overall productivity.
Triple Systems Cam box
The fully motorized 5.2-inch cam box features a triple-system configuration, with one knitting system and two transfer systems, ensuring high stability for fully-fashioned knitwear. It enables high-speed production of complex structures such as three-color jacquard, links-links, tubular knitting, and full-needle knitting.
Yarn Breakage Alert
Clear and user-friendly yarn breakage alarm.
Safety Devices
Equipped with light curtain safety doors that immediately stop operation when the safety zone is obstructed, effectively preventing accidents.
5D Anti-Cross Sinker
The 5D anti-cross sinker system effectively prevents sinker interference and damage, enabling stable knitting of complex three-dimensional structures such as drum wave effects, deep collars, and back-shoulder shaping.
Motorized Brush
The standard motorized brush reduces contact between the brush and knitting needles, extending the service life of both components while ensuring stable and reliable needle transfer.
Dynamic Needle bed
The needle bed can be dynamically adjusted to precisely control stitch density, effectively preventing stitches from being too loose or too tight.
Bidirectional Racking
All gauges are standard-equipped with bidirectional racking to improve transfer efficiency and stability.
Powerful Functions System
The system automatically adjusts the needle starting position and racking pressure, dynamically regulates roller speed to prevent yarn waste caused by edge roll-down, provides pattern design error warnings, and automatically reduces unnecessary rows during pattern programming.
Needle Bed Lengthening
The hook of needle bed is designed as traditional machine.achieve the same quality, hand feeling, density and gauge of sweater produced by traditional knitting machine, as well as the yarn used by the ordinary machine, can be used as traditional knitting machine to produce fabric, and more pattern design,more fast, 86 inch needle bed can knit big size sweater.
Multi-Function
The machine can knit both fully-fashioned garments and standard knitted fabrics. It also supports special structures that conventional machines cannot achieve, such as full-needle stitch transfer, with higher knitting efficiency.
Production Process
Founded in 1988 and successfully listed on the stock market in 2012 (Stock Code: 300307), Ningbo Cixing Co., Ltd. has grown through more than 30 years of development with the mission of driving industry transformation and creating value for customers. Today, CIXING has become the world’s largest manufacturer of intelligent computerized flat knitting machines and a leading enterprise in China’s advanced intelligent knitwear equipment industry. The company has broken foreign monopolies and is among the first in China to possess R&D and production capabilities for computerized flat knitting machines, intelligent shoe-upper knitting machines, automatic sewing machines, and knit-to-shape computerized flat knitting machines.
CIXING is committed to enhancing knitting machinery technology, advancing knitting craftsmanship, and promoting the intelligent upgrading of the knitting industry. With strong independent R&D capabilities and continuous technological innovation, the company has mastered the core technologies of intelligent knitting machinery. It is the leading drafter of six national and industry standards and has filed over 1,300 patents, including 162 authorized invention patents. CIXING has been honored with the National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize) and recognized as a National Manufacturing Single Champion. The company currently has more than 1,600 employees, with its Hangzhou Bay New District Industrial Park covering 297,000 m² (73 acres) and the Baisha Industrial Park covering 123,000 m² (30 acres).
With continuous technological innovation, superior product quality, a strong brand reputation, and a comprehensive after-sales service system, CIXING provides customers with high-value products and attentive service. Its products are exported worldwide, and the company has maintained industry-leading sales for many consecutive years. CIXING is also actively deploying strategic initiatives in product + service integration, Industry 4.0 flexible manufacturing, and personalized customization.
ABOUT STEIGER
STEIGER, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ningbo Cixing Co., LTD., was established in 1949 and has more than 70 years of research and development and manufacturing history of computerized flat knitting machines. Steiger is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-end computerized flat knitting machines, dedicated to the research and development of advanced knitting technology and related software.
















