Remove the carriage part when the carriage assembly is blocked in the needle bed

In the case of a shock on the needle bed, the piezo-electric shock stop switches off the knitting machine.

Shock stop motion front needle bed

Shock stop motion rear needle bed

Possible causes:

I. Remove the carriage part from the needle bed

    1
    In the main navigation bar select the main area Set up Order.
    -  or  -
    Select Maintain Machine.
    2
    Tap on Intervene Manually I in the bottom navigation bar.
    3
    With Needle selection deactivate the setting .
  1. The needle selection in the front and rear needle bed is switched off.
    The key is white.
    4
    Open the covers.
    5
    Move all the yarn carriers away from the carriage area.
    6
    With 40 Volt activate the setting .
    7
    Remove the carriage assembly panelling (1).
  1. 8
    Take the suction tubes (2) out of the carriage part.
  2. 9
    Loosen the screws on the plugs (3) and pull out the plugs.
    10
    Remove the shoulder screws (4) and screws (5) on the left and right-hand sides.
  3. 11
    Swivel left and right swiveling plates (6) inward.

NOTICE

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Damage to needles and knitting system!

There are still needles in the knitting system.

When moving the carriage assembly in the other direction (opposed to the carriage direction), the needles and knitting system can be damaged.

  1. Do not change the pushing direction of the carriage assembly!
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    Press the Release drive brake [>!] button below Intervene Manually II
    13
    Move the carriage support away continuing in the original carriage direction.

If the carriage support blocks:

The drive brake has automatically closed.

    14
    Remove carriage part from machine.

With the front carriage part there is the risk of the cover being damaged if the carriage part is lifted off directly from the needle bed.

Yarn carrier rods

    15
    Check the carriage part and the needle bed.

II. Check and clean the carriage part and the needle bed

Do not remove metallic parts and fragments (e.g. broken needle latch or needle hook) with a magnetic tool. There is a danger that the needle bed or cams can be magnetized, leading to incorrect selection.

    1
    Clean the selection systems with a clean cloth.
    2
    Clean the cams with a cloth and check them for wear and damage.
    3
    Remove fragments if necessary
    4
    Apply oil onto the cams with a brush.

For further information about cleaning the knitting and selection systems refer to the operating instructions.