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Description of knitting machine
Needle beds
Racking types
Racking types
Home position The distance of the needles between the front and rear needle bed is half the
needle distance.
Home position of needle bed
Home position of needle bed
There are 4 racking types:
1
front needle bed
2
rear needle bed
Home
position
First needle: On the left side, front needle bed
Last needle: On the right side, rear needle bed
Racking Type
Explanation
Needle bed racking
(Short
form: Racking)
The needle bed is racked by a whole-number multiple of a
needle distance to the left or right (example: 2 needles to the
right, VR2).
Half racking
During half racking the rear needle bed is racked by a half
needle distance to the right.
Transfer racking
During transfer the rear needle bed is racked by the transfer
value (3) until the needles of the front and rear needle beds
almost touch. The needle dips into the pelerine spring of the
needle opposite.
Summary of Contents for CMS 502 HP+
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Page 18: ...18 1 About this document Warnings in the documentation ...
Page 72: ...72 2 Description of knitting machine Display and operating elements ...
Page 128: ...128 3 Producing with the knitting machine Starting the machine after a fault ...
Page 302: ...302 4 Adjusting knitting machine Defining user profile ...
Page 522: ...522 9 Yarns and stitch tension Conversion table ...
Page 548: ...548 11 Machine Management Tools Send email directly from the machine ...
Page 562: ...Key word directory 562 ...