电子技术在国外针织工业中的应用始于六十年代中期。一九六三年,西德Morate公司首次研制成功MK1型电子提花圆机,此后,一九七一年,该公司和美国stibbl公司联合研制成用电子计算机控制的花型准备系统。在一九七五年意大利米兰举办的国际纺织机械展览会上,已有八个国家展出了十多个品种的电子提花圆机。其中有瑞士迈尔公司、美国Rockwell公司计算机控制的电子提 The application of electronic technology in foreign knitting industry began in the mid-1960s. In 1963, Morate, a West German company, successfully developed MK1 electronic jacquard circular knitting machine for the first time. Since then, in 1976, the company and the United States Stibbl Company jointly developed a computerized pattern preparation system. At the International Textile Machinery Exhibition held in Milan in 1975, more than 10 varieties of electronic jacquard circular machines have been exhibited in eight countries. Among them are the Meyer Swiss company, the United States Rockwell computer-controlled electronic mention