Create Initial State

Basics

Available for:
Machine with comb take-down

With the function Create Initial State there are carried-out the following steps:

  • The yarn carriers are taken to the home position, clamped and cut in the clamping and cutting bed
  • The fabric is cast-off (the new fabric is started again with "empty needles")
  • The needle bed is taken to the home position (V0)

Attention:

If you need to carry out a different work procedure for the restart of a fabric, e.g. when working without comb take-down, we recommend not to use the function Create Initial State.

Return the machine to the initial state.

With this, the individual aggregates (carriage, yarn carriers, racking,...) are brought to a defined state step by step. The machine performs the needed steps automatically.

When the steps are processed, the initial state is created and the machine is ready to knit.

Afterwards you can:

Preliminary Remarks:

Icons and actions

Explanation

Between the single steps you must check whether the needle bed is free. It means that no yarn residues or fabric accumulations are on the needle bed.

You must remove them manually as there would be the risk of damaging the needles or blocking the carriage.

Start

Call up the first step.

Move carriage with engaging rod

With some steps you will be asked to pull up the engaging rod so that the carriage can perform the next action.
On the touch screen appears the icon and the request Move carriage with engaging rod.

As long as the machine is performing the action, this icon appears.

Continue

Proceed to the next step.

Repeat action
If you want to repeat an action, tap the button.

Cancel Action

Cancel Action
Cancel Action
If you want to cancel an action, tap the Cancel button.

The individual steps:

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    1
    Check whether the needle bed is free.
    2
    Tap the button Start.
  1. The prompt Move carriage with engaging rod is displayed.
    1
    Pull up the engaging rod.
  1. The carriage moves outward up to the reversing position and stops.
    2. 2
    Check whether the needle bed is free.
    3
    Tap the button Continue.
  2. The prompt Move carriage with engaging rod is displayed.
    1
    Pull up the engaging rod.
  1. The carriage moves back and forth several times until all the yarn carriers are in their home position.
    2. 2
    Check whether the needle bed is free.
    3
    Tap the button Continue.
  2. The prompt Move carriage with engaging rod is displayed.
    1
    Pull up the engaging rod.
  1. The auxiliary take-down will be opened.
  2. Tap the button Continue.
  3. The prompt Move carriage with engaging rod is displayed.
    1
    Pull up the engaging rod.
  1. The carriage runs back and forth several times and casts-off the fabric while doing that.
    2. 2
    Check whether the needle bed is free.
    3
    Tap the button Continue.
  2. The prompt Move carriage with engaging rod is displayed.
    1
    Pull up the engaging rod.
    2
    The machine performs the following actions:
    The steps 5, 6 and 7 are performed one after the other without interruption.

    Step 5: The racking moves to the home position

    Step 6: The comb moves to the home position

    Step 7: Comb moves upwards until the comb light barrier and back again to the home position. With it a check is carried out whether a yarn, yarn residues or fabric residues are located on the comb hooks.
    3
    Check whether the needle bed is free.
    4
    Tap the button Continue.
    1
    The main take-down is closed and turned.
    The fabric residues are moved downwards into the fabric container.
  1. The initial state is restored.
    1
    Check whether the needle bed is free.
    2
    Tap the button Start.
  1. The prompt Move carriage with engaging rod is displayed.

Now, you have two possibilities:

    1
    A new fabric starts.
    For this, tap the button Restart Fabric.
    2
    Exit the current production.
    For this, tap the button Exit Production.