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.

The dark background represents the clamping bed.

Yarn carriers required in the new pattern:

Black symbol for yarn carriers identifying the Yarn carrier type and the positioning (number)

  • N : Normal yarn carrier
  • I : Intarsia yarn carriers
  • Q : Weft yarn carrier
  • P : Plating Yarn Carrier
  • PA : Double Bow Plating 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 and the positioning (number)

: 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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Switch on/off plunger

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Input braking values

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Tabular display of the yarn carriers

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Show the Setup Editor

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Display the list of counters

  • #1 to #221
  • Shape Counters
  • 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 of the Intervene Manually I menu. Then deactivate the button again to continue with the production.