Singer 328 - Fabric Drop on Both Edges; Open Holes in Knitted Fabric (Dropped Stitches)

;
ti
Natu!e
of
Trouble
Places
to be
inspected
Causes
If
you
continue
knl!ting
\rithou!
notlcing
that
rhe
Tenslon
Spring
(a
spring
to
take uP the
sl-
ack
yarn) 1s
junping
to
1!s
extrenlty
and is
not
functloning,
the
yaln
sags
at lhe
starting
Po-
int
of knlttirg
and
the
needles
cannot
pick up
the
yarn, The stltches
drop.
(This
often takes
place when
You
change
yarn.
)
Adjust
the
yarn
ten-
sion through
turning
the Tension Dial.
Check
if
lhe
Yarn
is
L.rongly
threaded
thr-
ough
lhe Auto-Tension.
If
the
yarn
1s
\*'tongly
threaded
through
the
Auto-Tension,
the
yarn
sags
and
stltches
cone
off lhe
hooks
due lo
insufficient
yarn
Ten-
sion.
lnstruct
the operator
!o correctly
thread
the
yarn lhr.ough
the
ol
rl
PI
ol
l
Check
how
needle
l-at-
ches
open
and
c1ose.
Lhen the
needle
latches
do
not open
or close
$noorh1y,
stitches droP.
correct
the
laiches
so rhat
they
oPen and
close
snoothlY,
If 1rr-
aparable,
replace
the
needles
wllh
new ones.
Check
the
clearance
between
lhe
Fabric
Pressets
and the
needles
(P,N.
CLear-
ance.
)
Tf lhere
is
a clealance
between
the labric
Pre-
ssers and
the
needles,
lhe
needles
becone 1ow-
er
in
position than the
standard
Posilion,
and
Y. S.
(Yarn
Feeder
and
Sinkels)
clearance
be-
cones
wider.
So
the
needles will
noi
catch
the
yarn.
Adj
ust
the P.N. Clear-
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