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4 Adjusting knitting machine
Advanced adjustments
Turning over or replacing the small pressure plates (intarsia yarn carrier typ e 2)
Turning over or replacing the
small pressure plates
(intarsia yarn carrier type 2)
1. Dismantle yarn carrier.
Dismantling of small pressure plate
Dismantling of small pressure plate
2. Remove the screws (1).
3. Remove the parts (2). Make sure that the springs (3) are not lost.
4. Lift t
he clamping lever (4) out of the locating pin and remove it
downwards.
Make sure that the spring pin (5) remains in the housing.
5. Check whether the thickness designation
2, 4 or 6 is visible on the built-in
small pressure plates.
6. Remove the pressure plate from the clamping lever.
7. If the marking 2, 4 or 6 is visible on the built-in s
mall pressur
e plate, turn
over the pressure plate and reinsert it.
- or -
➜ If the marking is not visible, the pres
sure plate is already turned over.
Replace the pressure plate by a new one with the same thickness. When
assembling, make sure that the marking is visible.
8. Press the spring pin (5) into the housing and insert the clamp
ing le
ver (4).
9. Insert the parts (2) and tighten the screws (1).
10. Make sure that the lifter (6) moves smoothly.
Fu
rther information:
Replacing yarn carrier [426]
NOTICE
Complicated adjustment work is required when replacing the
pressure plates!
If the various thicknesses and positions of the pressure plates
are inte
rchanged, complicated adjustment work is required to
set the stopping point of the yarn carrier correctly.
➜ Do not inter
change the var
ious thicknesses and positions
of the pressure plates!