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4 Adjusting knitting machine
Advanced adjustments
Intarsia yarn carrier * [36]
Mount intarsia yarn carrier * [427]
Adjusting intarsia yarn carriers (t ype 2) *
4.2.20 Adjusting intarsia yarn carriers (type 2) *
The yarn carriers are correctly adjusted if
an unswiveled yarn carrier passes by a swiveled yarn carrier
the distance between the cam center of the knittin
g system and the yarn
carrier in each system is identical in both carriage directions
the thread is laid on the open latch at exactly the same point by each
yarn
carrier for both selvedge needles
the yarn carrier tips move exactly between the needle beds in the needl
e
cross and the distance between yarn carrier tips and the closed needle
latch is 0.5 mm to 1 mm
the yarn carriers of the track 1 and 8 are also set 0.5 mm higher so that
they do no
t touch the limiters (4)
Adjusting intarsia yarn carriers:
1. Remove needle brushes by loosening screws (1).
Screws of needle brushes
Screws of needle brushes
2. Park the carriage assembly in needle space.
3. To adjust the height of the yarn carrier, loosen the screw
(2).
Adjusting the intarsia yarn carri ers
Adjusting the intarsia yarn carriers
4. Adjust the height of the yarn carrier and retighten the screw (2).