Knitting Technique: Plating with the ADF machines

The ADF machines don't need any special yarn carriers for plating.

Conventional plating types:

Plating over the entire fabric width with two yarn carriers in one knitting system (the same as on Performer Machines)

Designation of the knitting techniques	Definition	Stitch notation
Intarsia Plated	Two (or more) yarns work together in one intarsia area. The yarns are not used in neighboring areas.
Inverse Plating	Two (or more) yarns work together in one area and change their position (home position, plating position) with system change. Result: One pattern row is divided to several technical rows.
Stoll-ikat plating ®	Two yarns work together in one area and change their position (home position, plating position) without system change. Result: One pattern row corresponds to one technical row. In each pattern row, two yarns work, which knit in one system and change their position as well.
Selective Plating	Two (or more) yarns work together only in one selected area. In the same knitting row at least one yarn is also used outside the selected area.