Brother Electroknit KH-910 Service Manual page 5

II.
CHECKING
THE
FUNCTION
OF THE
MACHINE
BODY
1.
K carriage movement.
Set the sinker plate
assembly
on the carriage and
set
the
change
knob
to position
"N.L.".
Bring
forward all
needles
(200
needles)
to position
B and move
the
K
carriage across
and
back
to
check
its movement. The K
carriage
should move
smoothly and
gently.
2. Needle selector mechanism (mechanical part)
Set
the
change
knob to position
"KC(ll)",
and move
the K
carriage across and
back slowly and/or
quickly to
check the needle selector mechanism.
After
moving
the K
carriage
to the
other side
of
the
machine,
all the
needles
should
be selected
to position
D.
III.
HOW
TO
ADJUST
THE
CARRIAGE
The K carriage does
not
move smoothly.
1-1. Carriage
rail
lacks
oil.
Oil
needle
butts and stitch
cams.
1-2. Needle bed
rail
lacks
oil.
Oil
front
and rear rails
of the machine body and
carriage.
1-3. The
sinker plate
is in contact
with gate
pegs.
Adjust sinker plate position.
1-4. The
sinker
plate
keeps
the knitting
needles
up.
Adjust the gap between
the sinker plate and the
needle.
The
fabric floats
(stitch
float)
2-1. The
sinker plate
is
in contact thegatepegs,or there
is
too
much gap between
the sinker plate and the gate pegs.
2-2.The
sinker plate
keep
the knitting
needles
up, or
there is
too
much gap
between the sinker plate and the
needle.
*Position
adjustment
of
the sinker plate. (Fig.
2).
1.
Mounting
dimensions
of sinker
plate.
The sinker
plate should be 118.5 mm
apart
from the
carriage.rear leg.
lf it
is
not correct,
loosen screws
and adjust.
2.
Mounting dimensions
of yarn
feeder.
The
yarn
feeder should be 120.5
mm
apart
from the
carriage rear
leg.
118.5
m/m
120.5
m/m
118.5
m/m
Fig.2
*Vertical
adjustment of the sinker plate. (Fig.
3).
1. Fit the
carriage
on the
needle bed and set the holding cam lever
at "H".
2.
Bring about five
knitting
needles each
to position
E at the left end,
center
and
right
end
of the
needle bed.
3.
Bend
the sinker plate to
adjust
the
gap between the
knitting
needle stem
and the sinker plate 0.5 mm
or
less.
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