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6 Maintenance of the knitting machine
Minimize wear
Wearing parts
Further information:
Adjusting needle brushes [214]
Yarn table [518]
Lubricate knitting machine [359]
Cleaning the knitting machine [347]
Adjusting the brushes of the central lubrication * [224]
Symbols in this document [16]
Feed wheel rollers
◆ Abrasive, sanding yarn
◆ Allowing the feed wheel to run unnecessarily
Needle bed elements,
cams
◆ Excessive fabric take-down values
◆ Yarn too thick
◆ Insufficient lubrication
◆ Insufficient cleaning
Yarn guiding parts
(deflectors, yarn control
device, etc.)
◆ Abrasive, sanding yarn
Yarn carrier, yarn carrier
sliding block
◆ Insufficient lubrication
◆ Abrasive, sanding yarn
Yarn carrier magnet
◆ Magnet may not come into contact with grease or oil
Belt on auxiliary take-
down
◆ Following a fault on the auxiliary take-down (fabric
winding device), the residual threads were not
removed carefully
Belts (drive, racking,
comb take-down,
auxiliary take-down)
◆ Belt tension too high: Danger of bearing damage
(adjustment with measuring device by Stoll
technician)
◆ Belt tension too low: Danger of position errors
(racking, auxiliary take-down)
Energy chain trailing
cable
◆ Heavy soiling
◆ Laying down of objects
◆ Damage to depositing gutter
◆ Not moved into position carefully after work at the
rear of the machine
Wearing part
Possible causes of increased wear