Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1980 - 25 Pfennig

Leipziger Herbstmesse 1980 At the 1980 Leipzig Autumn Fair, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues two multicolored special postage stamps. 25-pfennig value: Textima carpet knitting machine "liroflor" A new process - a new machine for the production of knitted pile rugs. The VEB knitting machine Karl-Marx-Stadt - Combine Textima -, a company with almost 100 years of experience in the construction of knitting machines makes a significant contribution to meet the increasing demand for high-quality bridges, runners and carpets with this new development, the "liroflor" combines the highly productive knitting machine with the well-known and proven jacquard selection principle of the weaving mill to produce fitted, knitted and jaquard-patterned pile rugs. By meshing the pile threads, the pattern image also appears on the back of the fabric, analogous to the classic double-weave weaving technique. At the same time, the meshing gives a high pull-out strength of the cut pile loops. Large-scale use-value tests have proven that the knitted carpet in terms of utility properties is equal and in some cases even superior to the woven carpet. The new machine allows working in any width and multi-lane work, each with fixed edges up to a working width of 3.60 m. A very low noise level and the advantageous arrangement of the controls and the equipment of the machine with electronic-mechanical monofilament monitoring of all threads result in favorable working conditions for the operator. The high meter performance of the machine with about 15 running meters. Carpet in one hour, the possibility of inserting sub-chain trees up to 1000 mm diameter of the side disc and the winding up of the product on large docks up to 1.40 m diameter ensure a high effectiveness in carpet production.