Lubricate the Knitting Machine

Oiling and greasing:

You have to clean and lubricate the knitting machine regularly in order to maintain the operability of the knitting machine.

When a lubricating interval expires, a message appears:
Oiling or greasing


Use only the lubricants recommended by STOLL.
See operating instructions
Unsuitable lubricants may damage the machine.
Failure to comply will void the guarantee.

Machine gauge

Designation

E 3-14

E 2,5.2 - 7.2

Stolltex T46

E 16-18
E 8.2 - 9.2

Stolltex T32

After every tenth note appears to grease needle bed

Stoll Grease 475

Lubricating intervals

6-10 operating hours

Oiling the needle bed without central lubrication.

Note: Select a shorter interval if necessary.

10 operating hours

Oiling the jack bed, the thread clamping and cutting device and the yarn carrier rods.

100 operating hours

  • Oiling the carriage guide bar
  • Oiling the needle latch hinges
  • Greasing the pulse generator rails and the carriage guide
  • Greasing the coupling parts and the intermediate sliders
  • Greasing the yarn carrier rods

6 months

Greasing the racking device and needle bed supports

Lubricate with oil:

Lubricate with oil and grease:

Oiling the needle latch hinges:

    1
    Use a brush to apply oil to the needle latch hinges.
    2
    Knit with residual yarn until oil lines no longer appear in the fabric.

Observe the lubrication schedule in the operating instructions.

Set the lubrication interval for the needle bed:

The lubrication interval for the needle bed depends on:

  1. You are signed in as Senior Operator .
  2. The knitting program is loaded and the production was started.
    1
    In the main navigation bar select Configure Machine.
    2
    Tap on Maintenance in the bottom navigation bar.
    3
    Open the Lubricate tab.
  1. The following menu is displayed.

 

    4
    Press the Lubricate Knitting Area After button.
    5
    Via virtual keyboard, enter the desired value (a maximum of 60 000 run-throughs).
    6
    Confirm the entry with the OK button.
    7
    Button Stop Motion after Quantity of System Run-throughs:

Note: Under ေခ်ာဆီ မထည့္မီ စနစ္၏ ထိုးခ်က္မ်ား is displayed the current state of the lubrication interval.