Positioning the Needle Bed Upright

With machines with belt take-down it can happen that yarns are winded around the take-down rollers. For removing the yarns the needle beds can be positioned upright.

Prepare Machine

  1. Before positioning the needles beds upright, the fabric is to be removed from the needles.
    1
    Stop the carriage assembly into the left reversing position.
    2
    In the main navigation bar select the main area Set up Order.
    -  or  -
    Select Maintain Machine.
    3
    Select Intervene Manually II in the bottom navigation bar.
    4
    Press the Release drive brake [>!] button.
    5
    Push the carriage assembly to the left up to the stop point.

Positioning the Needle Bed Upright

    1
    Remove two screws (2) on each side of the machine.
    2. 2
    Lift the front needle bed carefully, tilt it to the front and lean it against the machine cover.

Danger: Damage of the take-down rollers.

Do not use pointed or sharp objects to remove the threads!

Returning the needle beds

    1
    Reassemble the needle bed in the reverse order. When doing so, make sure that the front needle bed contacts the pin (1) and the rear needle bed contacts the roller (2).
    2. 2
    Screw the needle bed again onto each machine side.