Stoll CMS 520 C+ - Thoroughly Cleaning Needle Bed

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6 Maintenance of the knitting machine
Cleaning the knitting machine
Thoroughly cleaning needle bed
6.2.12 Thoroughly cleaning needle bed
Not for CMS 520 C+,
CMS 830 C
The needle bed is cleaned daily by the operator. In addition, it must be cleaned
thoroughly every 12 to 26 weeks.
Thoroughly cleaning needle bed:
Thorough cleaning of needle bed
Thorough cleaning of needle bed
 No fabric may be hanging on the needle bed.
 The required tools (groove cleaner and extraction hook) are included with
th
e accessories.
1. Remove needle rail (4) with extraction hoo
k (5).
2. Remove screw (3) on left and right-hand sides of jack bed.
3. Take off jack bed (1).
4. Remove needles, coupling part, inter
mediate slider
and selector jacks.
If the needle bed it not cleaned thoroughly and carefully, a non-
uniform stitch appearance results during production due to
needles that do not run smoothly, and the operation of the
machine can no longer be ensured.
NOTICE
Dirt-caked needle channels due to oil or cleaning agent!
When the needle channels are cleaned with oil or cleaning
agen
t, the dirt swells up and clogs the needle channels.
➜ Do not clean need
le channels with oil or cleaning agent.
➜ Push dirt out o
f needle channels and blow out needle
channels with compressed air.