The utility model relates to the technical field of circular knitting machines, and discloses an online detection device for cloth of a circular knitting
machine. The on-line detection device comprises a fixing support, a plastic baffle, a first
metal detector, an
electromagnetic coil and a controller, the circular knitting
machine is provided with a cloth expanding frame, the fixing support comprises a center stand column and a supporting cross rod, the center stand column is arranged on a fixing base, the supporting cross rod is arranged on the center stand column, the plastic baffle is provided with a coil stand column, and the coil stand column is provided with a first
metal detector. The coil stand column is connected with the supporting cross rod, the
electromagnetic coil is wound on the coil stand column, and the first
metal detector is arranged on the plastic baffle. The on-line detection device is arranged in the needle cylinder of the circular knitting
machine, the first metal detector scans and detects cloth and sends a
signal to the controller when sensing a metal
foreign matter, and the controller controls the
electromagnetic coil to be powered on to suck out the metal
foreign matter on the cloth when the metal
foreign matter passes through the electromagnetic coil, so that non-stop operation is realized, and the work efficiency is improved. And the cloth cannot be damaged.