Additional Setting: Main Take-down, Auxiliary Take-down and Comb

It may be necessary to do some of the following additional settings when setting up the knitting program or during production:

Submenu: Intervene Manually II

  1. You are signed in as Senior Operator .
  2. Knitting program is loaded and the order was started.
  3. In the main navigation bar Set up Order is selected.
    1
    Select Intervene Manually II in the bottom navigation bar.
    2
    Tap the button for the desired function.

 

1

Open Fabric Take-down

Close Fabric Take-down

2

Close Auxiliary Take-down [W+1]

Open Auxiliary Take-down [W+0]

3

Comb Downwards

4

Catch Comb Thread

5

Release Drive Brake [ >! ]

Error messages about the take-down systems

During production, the control of knitting machine compares the current values with threshold values. If a threshold value is exceeded, the knitting machine stops and displays the corresponding error message in a window.

1

'Stop Motions and Warnings' window

2

Area for displaying of the current stop motions and warnings

In the display jump to the left with or to the right with .

  • Buttons highlighted in green; solved stop motions / warnings
  • buttons highlighted in red: existing stop motions / warnings

  • The auxiliary take-down is turning to fast or not at all
  • Auxiliary take-down is turning too slowly

Main take-down motor is turning too fast

Main take-down motor is turning too slow or not at all

Comb take-down motor is turning to slow or not at all

Comb light barrier interrupted

Main take-down winding plate

Main take-down is open

Auxiliary take-down open

Collision risk of comb with main take-down

Collision risk of comb with auxiliary take-down

3

Display of the number with detailed text description of the current stop motion / warning

  • With stop motions the text is in red
  • With warnings the text is in yellow

4

Opens a window for the current stop motion / warning with specification of the possible causes and their possible solution

5

Confirm

With this button confirm the entry after solving the stop motion / warning.

6

Auto-hide

The display window remains visible in the foreground

The display window remains in the background.
When pressing the button, the window with the stop motions / warnings is displayed.

7

Close

Close Window

    1
    In the Stop Motions and Warnings menu tap the Take-down system (red) button.
  1. The window with the possible solutions for the error message is opened.

Example:

Error in Take-down System

Main take-down motor is turning too fast

 

    2
    Activate the Switch off Rotation Speed Monitoring of Fabric Take-down [WMC=0] button.
  1. The speed control of the active take-down system (main take-down / comb take-down) is set to 0. The motor does not turn anymore.