Rear side
| Designation | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
1 | Carriages | It moves over the needle beds. It controls the work positions of each yarn carrier and each and every needle in the needle bed. |
2 | Control (carriage) | It controls the needle selection, the yarn carriers and the motors in the carriage. |
3 | Trailing cable (energy chain) | The cables for the carriage that travels hence and forth are fed along with in the energy chain. |
4 | Control | It controls the knitting process. It saves the data of the knitting program. |
5 | Transformer (Fuses) | The knitting machine can be operated with various mains voltages. |
6 | Main drive | The carriage is driven by the drive motor via a toothed belt. |
7 | Racking device | Racks the rear needle bed laterally. |
8 | Rear needle bed | Every machine has a front and a rear needle bed. There are grooves in the needle bed which are run by needles. |