Tufting machine for producing a precise graphic design

摘要

A tufting machine producing athletic turf bearing precise graphic patterns at a high throughput rate is disclosed. The machine includes tenter frame to which a backing material is attached, a bed frame to which the tenter frame is attached, a support assembly upon which the bed frame is movably mounted, and a series of tufting frames upon which tufting head components are mounted. The tenter frame and bed frame are computer-controlled to advance and retract the backing relative to the tufting frames, and the tufting head components are computer controlled to laterally shift and to asynchronously reciprocate tufting needles as is necessary to form a desired tuft pattern.