Prepare Machine

Prepare the machine for knitting: Thread-up yarn carriers:

  1. You are signed in as Senior Operator .
  2. Knitting program is loaded and the order was started.
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    Tap on Prepare Machine in the bottom navigation bar.
  1. The graphic representation of the yarn carriers used is displayed

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Graphic display of the active yarn carriers of the yarn carrier home position of the loaded knitting program and positioned in the area of clamping / cutting.

Yarn carriers required in the new pattern:

Black symbol for yarn carriers identifying the Yarn carrier type

  • A : Autarkic yarn carrier

  • Without +: Existing yarn carrier, which was used in the previously loaded pattern and therefore does not need to be thread-in.
  • With +: New yarn carrier, which was not used in the previously loaded pattern and therefore needs to be thread-in.

Yarn carriers no longer required in the new pattern:

Gray symbol for yarn carriers identifying the Yarn carrier type

: When starting the order, the yarn carrier home positions of the previous pattern are compared with those of the new pattern.

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Button for opening the Move yarn carrier menu

: The button is only displayed with a selected yarn carrier

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Tabular display of the yarn carriers

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Display of the Setup Editor

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Display the list of counters

  • #1 to #221
  • Shape counter
  • Shape counters absolute

: No cycle counters

 

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    Thread-up the yarn carriers according to the display.

Help for threading-up

To make the thread-up easier, the production can be interrupted (empty carriage stroke) with the button. Then deactivate the button again to continue with the production.