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2 Description of knitting machine
Carriage assembly
Carriage assembly
2.3 Carriage assembly
Drive, spe ed and operating path
2.3.1 Drive, speed and operating path
Carriage assembly_5xxCarriage assembly
Carriage assembly
The carriage assembly is driven by the drive motor via a toothed belt. The
speed is infinitely programmable, and can therefore be adapted to the yarn
material, pattern and working step.
Limit switches control the path of
the carriage a
ssembly. If the carriage
assembly moves too far outward, the limit switch stops the knitting machine.
The operating path of the carriage is controlled by the knitting progra
m and
may differ for each knitting or transfer row The carriage assembly reverses
when the last working needle leaves the system.
Suction and cleaning row