Knitting cycle

By
Hariharan.R
 BASIC TERMS
• SWINGING – To and fro
• SHOGGING – Left to right
• Swing + Shog =
• Laying in
• Laying out
• Over lap
• Under lap
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 OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS
• Use suitable creel.
• Ensure the creel is vibration free
• Ensure that the electronic stop motion working properly.
• Ensure the signal lamp indicate the yarn breakage (row wise).
• Ensure that yarn tension uniformly maintained & centrally
adjustable between creel & warping machine by set up of
load cell system.
• To ensure yarn tension can be set as the requirements of
various yarn count & types.
• Fluff removed by air blowing nozzles on the disc on every
Tensioner with programmable cleaning cycle
• Preference for cone creel capacity
• Unwind the yarn from cone
• Ensure proper knotting to draw the yarn through the guide,
guide rollers and pass it through the stop motion ,guide bar in
delivery zone
• Ensure proper functioning of knitting machine post knotting
• Collect the wastes collected during knotting and store the waste
at respective waste box
• Segregate the reusable wastes and weigh and record them in a
register
• Ensure standard knotting procedure is adopted and quality of
knotting is as per standards
• Ensure minimum time is taken for knotting the yarn.
• Ensure safety while carrying out knotting activity
• Verify the quality of knotting done in the yarn
• Ensure yarn tension in the creeling section is appropriate
• Ensure proper functioning of the machine
• Collect the empty cones from creel and replace with full cone.
• Ensure whether the beam is ready for take off by viewing the details in
display panel or by manual
• Keep the empty beam ready for replacement
• Keep the empty beam near the machine in manual take-off
• Ensure beam take off is carried out properly.
• Move the beam roll to warp knitting storage area
• Ensure the machine is properly restarted after take-off
 Knitting cycle on a Tricot machine
• The rest position (a). ...
• Backward swing and overlap shog (b, c). ...
• The return swing and second rise (c, d). ...
• Pressing (e). ...
• Landing (f). ...
• Knock-over and underlap shog (g). ...
• The sinkers now move forward to hold down the
fabric loops and push them away from the ascending
needles, which are rising to the rest position.
Knitting cycle on a Tricot machine

Rest position

Needles rising to high position

pressing
Backward movement of the sinker
Knock over and underlap shog
Landing
 Rest position
• The beard of the needle faces the back of the machine.
• The guided are in their forward most position
• The needle have just come to rest after rising from knock-
over.
• Sinker is in the forward most position holding the fabric.
• The presser is away form the needle bar.
 Laying in and laying out – backward swing
and an overlap
• The guides swing towards the rear of the machine passing
through the needle,
• When the guides are on the beard side of the needles, the
guide bars make a sideway ‘shogging’ movement (start of the
overlap)
• The yarn through the guides moves over the beard of the
needles.
• The needle, sinker and presser are stationary
 Second swing
• The guides now swing again to their forward
most position, passing again between the
needle space.
• Now yarn is wrapped around the needle on
the hook, thus the loop part of the structure is
formed.
 Needle rising position
• Needle rises to the highest position.
• This causes the thread laid around the beard
to slip form the hook into the needle stem.
 Pressing
• The beard needle moves downward and the sinker move
forward.
• The loops are tightened in the sinker throat.
• The new yarn passes inside the beard.
• In this position, the presser moves forward and closes the
point of the needle into the groove, trapping the new yarn
inside the beard.
 Sinker backward movement
• The sinker move backward.
• Due to the peculiar shape of the belly of the sinker, the fabric
loop is pushed up on to the outside of the hook of the beard.
• This is known as ‘landing’ of the loop.
• As soon as the fabric loop is landed on the beard, the presser
is withdrawn.
 Knock over and underlap shog
• The sinker comes forward and takes hold of the fabric before
the needle begin to rise.
• After knockover, the needle starts rising and reach the rest
position.
• The guides move sideways and gets ready as in positon A.
Knitting cycle on a Raschel machine
 KNIT CYCLE
• a. Holding down
• b. Clearing
• c. Overlap
• d. Return swing
• e. Latch closing
• f. Knocking-over and underlap
 Holding down position
• The guide bar is in front of the machine
• The needle bar is just rising up from its lower
position with the needle head just in line with the
top edge of the trick plate.
• The sinker has assumed the forward-most position
to control the fabric as the needle starts rising.
• The underlap takes place.
 Clearing position
• The needle rises to its full length, old loop opens the
latch and slip to the stem.
• The guide bars start to swing towards the rear of
the machine.
 Overlap
• The swing is followed by a shog movement/
lateral movement, on the latch side called
overlap.
 Return swing
• The guide bar now swings between the needles, from back
to the front side of the machine.
• The warp threads is wrapped around the respective needle
on the open latch.
• Once the yarn is wrapped around the latch, guide bar
movement terminates and that of needle bar commences.
• The needle descends and the old loop closes the latch at the
spoon and cause the old loop to ride up on the outsideof
the hook.
 Latch closing
• Once the yarn is wrapped around the latch, guide bar
movement terminates and that of needle bar commences.
• The needle descends and the old loop closes the latch at the
spoon and cause the old loop to ride up on the outside of the
hook.
• This is called as ‘clearing the latch’.
• The sinker is withdrawn to the rear of the machine till the loop
is cleared of the latch.
 Knocking over
• The needle moves futher downward, the old loop
slips over the latch into the needle hook and the
yarn laid into the needle hook is pulled through
the old loop.
• This is called as knocking over.
• Sinker moves forward to hold the fabric.
• The guide bars begin underlapping.
• The needle comes back to postion A.
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Knitting action of a compound needle
• 1. knockover position
• 2. clearing position
• 3. Guides swing in
between the needles.
• 4. shogging sideways.
• 5. Needle and closing
elements descend.
• 6. Needle descend to
knockover
Thank you