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3 Producing with the knitting machine
Threading up yarn
Threading threads through safety door
3.2.8 Threading threads through safety door
1. Bring the Lateral yarn tensioner in still position (1) (anchoring). Thereby
the active thread clamp is open.
2. Thread the thread through one of the eyelets (2) on the lateral safety d
oor.
Use Eyelet number 3 to10 when the thread is coming from the friction feed
wh
eel. So the clamp positions of the active thread clamp are positioned
exactly under it.
Use Eyelet number 1 and 2 or
from eyele
t no.11: for the thread if you
working without the feed wheel.
3. Thread the thread vertically downwards in the eyelet (3) of the lat
eral yarn
tensioner. For quicker orientation a vertically running riffle is attached in
the safety door.
4. Feed the thread throu
gh the yarn de
flector (4) to the yarn carrier.
5. Bring lateral yarn tensioner in wo
rk position (5).
Further information:
Threading up thread into yarn carrier [118]
Make sure that you thread-up the thread vertically through the
lateral safety door.