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Description of knitting machine
Fabric take-down
Fabric take-down
2.7 Fabric take-down
The fabric take-down consists of the three units:
Main Take-down
Auxiliary Take-down
Comb Take-down
- or -
Belt take-down
Each unit is driven by a separate motor. The motor can individually be adapted
to the knitting situation.
Main take-down
2.7.1 Main take-down
Main take-down (right picture: CMS 502)
Main take-down (right picture: CMS 502)
A motor drives the take-down rollers (1). The take-down rollers guide the
finished fabric into the fabric collection chamber. There the fabric is protected
from soiling.
Take-down tension The take-down tension consists of:
Pre-tensioning when the carriage assembly is at the reversing point
Take-down tension during knitting
Both tensions are independently set of each other. The optimum value for the
take-down tension is dependent on the working width, yarn material and
pattern.
The pressure of the take-down rollers (1) is individually adjusted with the
knurled screws (2). The regulation acts on two take-down rollers. A scale (3)
simplifies the adjustment of the take-down roller.
On CMS 502:
The pressure of the take-down rollers (1) is individually adjusted with the
knurled screws (2). The knurled screws are placed on the left and right
machine foot. If you change the adjustment you must take care that both the
1
Take-down rollers
2
Knurled screws
3
Scale
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 ...
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