1. ASCON - YLC MM + MP
  2. How to Use the Yarn Length Control
  3. Provide Yarn Length Control in the knitting program
  4. Configure measuring wheels

Configure measuring wheels

Define this items for the measuring wheels in use:

  • Measuring wheel
  • Yarn Carriers
  • Yarn data (optional)
  • Correction values (optional)

With this program point you specify, which measuring wheel works together with which yarn carrier and which yarn thickness is used.

Take care of a standardized assignment of yarns to yarn carriers and measuring wheels! Assign yarn carrier, measuring wheel and yarn to each other already on the M1plus in order to get these data into the Setup file.

Configure measuring wheels on EKC

Configure measuring wheels on EKC:

  1. Call up the General tab.
    Set up Order Prepare Machine Setup-Editor Yarn Length Control General tab
  1. Select the yarn carrier to be assigned to the respective measuring wheel in column Y.
  1. Call up the Correction values tab.
  1. Set the value for Maximal deviation from target value per knitting row Correction %:.
    Default = 15 %
    If this value is exceeded when determining the correction values, the machine will stop automatically and an error message appears.
  • The measuring wheels are configured.
Configure measuring wheels on OKC

All assigned yarn carriers must be entered in the YG line of the knitting program.

 

Keys for configuring the measuring wheels

Key

Function

Call up the Yarn Length Control

Call up the Setup2 editor

Confirm entries

return to the Yarn Length Control window

Call up Main menu

Configure measuring wheels on OKC:

  1. Call up the Yarn length control window from the Main menu.
  1. In the Yarn Length Control window call up the Setup2 editor.
Configure measuring wheels
  1. Basic Settings tab
    Select the yarn carrier to be assigned to the respective measuring wheel in column (1).
    If a second ASCON device is used, activate the allocation Measuring wheel - Yarn carrier in the (4) column.
  1. Confirm entries.
  1. Call up the Correction values tab.
  1. Enter the correction value.
  1. Adjust the value for Maximal deviation from target value per knitting row (3) (default: 15 %).
    If this value is exceeded when determining the correction values, the machine will stop automatically and an error message appears.
  1. Confirm entries.
  1. Call up the Yarn Data tab.
  1. Enter data.
  1. Confirm input.
  • The yarn consumption can be calculated now
  • The measuring wheels are configured.
  1. Return to the Yarn Length Control window.

Allocation Measuring wheel - yarn carrier

The allocation measuring wheel - yarn carrier will additionally be displayed in the Yarn carrier window (column Wheel). This is helpful for setting up the machine: You don't need to be switching back-and-forth among the different windows .