CMS Performer Machines

1

Yarn control device

Monitors the thread.

2

Bobbin board

The bobbins are placed on it.

3

Carriages

It moves over the needle beds and controls the work positions of the yarn carriers and of the needles in the needle bed.

4

Signal light

It displays the operating state of the knitting machine

5

Safety door (left, right)

The reversing position of the carriage is secured by the safety door.

6

Covers

The entire traversing path of the carriage is secured with covers. You have to forbid everyone from reaching out into the running machine.

7

Control

• Controls the knitting process.
• It saves the data of the knitting program.
• It controls the needle selection and the motors in the carriage.

8

Main switch

Switching on and off of the machine.
Emergency switching-off switch (1)

9

Engaging rod

It activates and stops the carriage run.

10

Fabric take-down

Main take-down:
Pulls the stitches away from the needle downwards to the fabric container.

Auxiliary take-down:
Grasps the fabric directly under the needle bed.

Comb take-down:
With the comb take-down fabric pieces are automatically started and press off after completion.

11

Fabric collection chamber

The fabric take-down guides the finished fabric into the fabric collection chamber. There the fabric is protected from soiling.

12

Touch screen

The touch screen enables communication with the machine control

13

USB port

Connection for a removable drive, containing knitting programs, operating systems and machine data.
Recommendations: Use USB Memory Stick.

1

Carriages

It moves over the needle beds. It controls the work positions of each yarn carrier and each and every needle in the needle bed.

2

Rear needle bed

Every machine has a front and a rear needle bed. There are grooves in the needle bed which are run by needles.

3

Trailing cable (energy chain)

The cables for the carriage that travels hence and forth are fed along with in the energy chain.

4

Transformer (Fuses)

The knitting machine can be operated with various mains voltages.

5

Fluff absorption

The fluff absorption removes the yarn fluff from the upper area of the needle beds.

6

Control

It controls the knitting process.

It saves the data of the knitting program.

It controls the needle selection and the motors in the carriage.

Control (right-hand side of the machine)

It controls the carriage run and the racking of the needle bed.

7

Main drive

The carriage is driven by the drive motor via a toothed belt.

8

Racking device

Racks the rear needle bed laterally.

1

Carriage stopped

2

reduced speed

3

normal speed

green

Knitting machine produces at 100%

green (flashes)

Knitting machine is stopped with an engaging rod

green, yellow (flashes)

Knitting machine produces at less than 100% due to manual interventions.

• Reduced Carriage Speed (ML)
• Long Stroke

yellow

The knitting machine is not producing, as an error has occurred during knitting.

green, yellow

Both lamps light up during the shutdown process.

off

Main switch is off.

1

The input unit enables communication with the machine control

2

Touch pen.