DEAR CUSTOMER: Welcome to be an owner of KH-323 series computerized flat knitting machine as Kauo Heng endeavors to maintain a high standard of this machine, we also pleased for your cooperation to make the machine serve longer by reading this operator manual carefully before commencing your production.
OVERVIEW OF KH-323 SERIES 1. Yarn carrier selection 2. Carriage 3. Operation bar 4. Main cover 5. Fabric take-down roller 6. Controller 7. Main motor 8. Side tension 9. Top tension 10. Side cover...
1. Points to observe Installation Environmental Conditions ○ Please install the machine as below instructions in order to use this machine in the best condition for a long period of time. Do not install the machine at a place subject to direct sunshine and/or adjacent to a heat generation source such as a furnace/oven.
Fig.1.1 illustrates the correct position of jacking while moving the ○ machine. It is very important when moving the machine. The yarn carrier rail shall never be used to push the machine since it will distort the rail. Fig.1.1Correct position of jacking the machine When connecting the electric power, attention must be paid to the ○...
3. Operation 3.1 Power switch As Fig.3.1 front sideof controller, easily find two switches. Filp upward is “ON” and downward is “OFF”. Fluorescent lamp switch Breaker/power switch Fig.3.1 Front side of controller 3.2 Operation bar Inching:When turning forward of the operation bar, machine operates ○...
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3.3 Yarn feeder The position of carrier is adjusted according to the desired knitting width, correctly make yarn feeder beside the end working needle by 10 ㎜.The yarn feeder must be in the central position between front and rear needles, also check its height refer to Fig.3.3.When work several yarn feeder in knitting, the position of carrier should be adjusted to make each yarn feeder not be overlapped, it avoids damage of the parts.The yarn carrier on rail must be adjusted in easy...
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3.4 Top tension Top tension springs should have the correct tension, the opening of the knot-catcher must be set according to the yarn count that is being knit-ted. Tension adjust dial Knot catcher adjust Tension disk Knot catcher Fig.3.5 Top tension 3.5 The latch brush Latch brush is important to prohibit the needle latch to close in knitting, the correct brusk setting is illustrated in Fig.3.6.
4. Clear filter Filters are equipped in the controller and in the parts of main motor, it prohibits dust to come inside. Please take out the filter and dust it offen refer to Fig.4.1. Filter Fig.4.1 Cleaning filter 5. Needle bed 5.1 KH-323D needle bed KH-323D the structure of front and rear needle bed is the same with regular needle high butt and low butt.
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For the knitting needles in unused you don’t need to dismantle them. All you have to do is to push them in the unactive position. In Fig.5.2 take out the steel wire firstly, and push to the shown area and replace the steel wire.
6. Cam plate distance The distance between cam plate and needle bed is maximum 0.15 ㎜, Fig.6.1 shows how to check and adjust.Please check it by every 3 months, loosen the stepped screw and turn the bearing pin to adjust the distance, make sure to tighen the stepped screw after adjustment.
8. Fabric take-down system In principle of the take-down tension strength must be small and average. The take-down system is controlled by torque motor. There are two important things to adjust the take-down tension strength. First method is the two speeds No.1 and No.2 as Fig.8.1 adjust each with turning knob and set the speed, the tension strength is larger and the speed is faster.
9. Racking mechanism The rear bed can be racked five (5) pitches, the initial position”0”. See ○ the left selvedge of needle bed, the corresponding position that the first needle of rear is on the left hand side of the first needle of front. As shown in Fig.9.1.
10. Carriage combination and separation KH-323 series is equipped with two carriages, you can choose in use of combination or separation by yourself for different knitting production. Please operate combination or separation as follows: ○ Turn off power. ○ Fig.10.1 is a top overview of carriages.
11. KH-323D Cam system KH-323D the cam system of front & rear needle bed is the same. Fig11.1 is overview of front & rear cam system. Fig.11.1 Front & rear cam system Bridge cam Needle clearing cam Needle raising cam Stitch cam Stitch cam Needle guide cam...
12. KH-323D Cam action n graphs show the usual kinds of cam active situation. “ARROW” means the carriage knitting direction. Cam of “slant-line” area is in half raising, and also the position of low butt needle “miss” and high butt needle “knit”. Cam of “cross-line” area is in raising position and all butt needles are without any action.
13. KH-323DJ Cam system KH-323DJ the cam system of front & rear needle bed is the same. Fig13.1 is overview of front & rear cam system. Fig.13.1 Front & rear cam system Bridge cam Needle clearing cam Needle raising cam Stitch cam Stitch cam Needle guide cam...
14. KH-323DJ Cam action n graphs show the usual kinds of cam active situation. “ARROW” means the carriage knitting direction. Cam of “slant-line” area is in half raising, and also the position of low butt needle “miss” and high butt needle “knit”. Cam of “cross-line” area is in raising position and all butt needles are without any action.
15. KH-323DTJ Front cam system Fig15.1 is overview of front cam system. Fig.15.1 Front cam system Bridge cam Needle clearing cam Needle raising cam Stitch cam Stitch cam Needle guide cam Needle guide cam Stitch guide cam Stitch guide cam Jack raising cam Jack guide cam Jack guide cam...
17. KH-323DTJ Cam action n graphs show the usual kinds of cam active situation. “ARROW” means the carriage knitting direction. Cam of “slant-line” area is in half raising, and also the position of low butt needle “miss” and high butt needle “knit”. Cam of “cross-line” area is in raising position and all butt needles are without any action.
INSTRUCTION EXPLANATION Left rear cam Left yarn carrier Right rear cam Left rear stitch Right yarn carrier Knitting speed Line No. Right rear stitch Repeat start-line Repeat count Repeat end-line Right front stitch Racking Take-down Right front cam speed Left front cam Left front stitch 0.
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0. START Fig.0-1 When turning on the machine, it will appear this screen and display main menu after you press any key. When you switch on the machine, then it displays 【MEMORY ERROR】 or 【 FILE ERROR】 , you must switch off the machine and contact our agent or our service department.
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1.1 OPEN:Open file Press in edit menu, and then the screen displays as Fig.1-2. Fig.1-2 Remark:In screen there are five small squares, each one corresponds to on keyboard, blank means out of function. For ~ example, in Fig.1-2, is SURE, are blank ~...
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INSTRUCTION EXPLANATION Left rear cam Left yarn carrier Right rear cam Left rear stitch Right yarn carrier Knitting speed Line No. Right rear stitch Repeat start-line Repeat count Repeat end-line Right front stitch Racking Take-down Right front cam speed Left front cam Left front stitch FILE:Insert a file.
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DEL:Delete indicated lines. Fig.1-7 EXIT:Press EXIT then the system will ask you to save this file, if it is not a new file, directly press SURE to use the same file name to save. The screen displays as Fig.1-9 then press If you don’t want to save, press twice to exit.
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1.2 NEW:Open file After you edit the first line, press to insert blank line and go on editing. Fig.1-11 1.3 SHIFT:This function will copy left system to right system, or right system to left system, it contents of copy including cam, stitch, yarn carrier.
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2. RUN Fig.2-0 Press ☉Enter RUN mode, if the stepping motor is not at home position, it displays warning 【STEP ERROR】 . You should go to the TEST mode, in STITCH function, you can test the stepping motor then come back to RUN mode.
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◎ When setting start needle and end needle, please correspond the scale on the needle pressing plate ◎ As Fig.2-2 and Fig.2-3 Set knitting width Ex. 1 Combination Real knitting width = 820 needles Fig.2-2 Set knitting width Ex. 2 Separation:Base on left side Real knitting width =...
ERROR MESSAGE After you finish inputting the instruction for the program that occurs incorrect action or wrong instruction to the function of machine, it will automatically appear ERROR message on RUN mode. Error message table Message Explanation To edit a program, the total lines of program must be an even number.
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After finishing checking the system and confirming the program executive then the screen displays as Fig.2-4. Fig.2-4 In Fig.2-4, column 1 and 2 display T-RW(total executive lines), F-LN (total file lines) , YN-L (yarn carrier of left system) , YN-R (yarn carrier of right system).
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EXIT: Fig.2-6 Edit stitch value & knitting speed Press enter Fig.2-7 Press enter Fig.2-8 Fig.2-7 Fig.2-7 displays all the used stitch value of file. Directly move the cursor to the area of being changed, and press the numeric key to correct it. For example, in Fig.2-7 the 12 is replaced by 15, then all the stitch value 12 is/are changed with 15 in this file.
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CORRECTIVE SIGNAL FAULT REMARK ACTION Yarn break T-TSN Tension loose Yarn knot Yarn break After corrective action, S-TSN Tension loose turn the operation bar to clear, and restart the Needle break DETR operation bar and go on Fabric rise knitting. Fabric fall TK-DN Fabric roll-up...
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3. FILE Fig.3-1 3.1 DISP:Display Move cursor to select the displayed file name, and press SURE the system will execute program once simultaneously, and display screen Fig.3-4. In Fig.3-4, column 1 displays file name and it’s size of used memory. Column 2 displays the beginning position of yarn carrier on the left and the right.
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3.2 DEL:Delete the input file name, and press for sure.: Fig.3-5 3.3 COPY:Input source file name and target file name, and press sure. Fig.3-6 3.4 TRANS:Transmits file to another machine, firstly confirm if the plug has been connected with connection cable on the back of controller.
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3.6 CLEAR:Clear all files. Fig.3-10 Enter code No:555 2-14...
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4. FUNCTION Fig.4-1 4.1 STITC:Stitch parameters, directly adjust with numeric.(Machine has two sets of stitch parameters;one is for separation system and the other is for combination system.) Fig.4-2 4.2 TYPE:Setting gauge and total needles, initial setting by manufacturer. Fig.4-3 4.3 BUZZ:Setting buzzer function in action or not. Fig.4-4 4.4 MODE:Setting display mode in English and...
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5. TEST Fig.5-1 5.1 RACK: Fig.5-2 5.2 MOTOR: Fig.5-3 5.3 SENSO:Sensor. Test when they are switched on. Sensor with a small square appears in the front. Fig.5-4 T-TSN Top tension RACK Racking S-TSN Side tension DETR Detector RIGHT Right limit sensor START Operation bar starting LEFT...
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5.4 CAM:Move cursor to make the cam or the yarn feeder solenoid in action. Fig.5-5 5.5 TK-DN:Setting the speed of fabric take-down, press ►◄key then turn the operation bar. Fig.5-6 5.6 STITC:Stitch. Press to test. ~ Fig.5-7 5.7 KEYBOARD:Test if it works or not then press to exit.
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