Needles are main looping components for circular knitting machine, made of steel wire or steel belt. Needles are used for knitting yarns into loops and stringing loops into textiles.
Structure and shape of needles have great influence on looping, productivity of circular knitting machine and quality of products. Commonly utilized needles are latch needle, breaded needle and compound needle. In short, the quality of needles only effect products. Needles are impossible to damage cams.