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Kauo Heng KH-300 Operation Manual

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KH-300
OPERATION MANUAL
電腦橫編織機
KH
COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE

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  • Page 1 KAUOHENG KH-300 OPERATION MANUAL 電腦橫編織機 COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS I. OUTLINE Introduction of KH-300………………………………………………… 1 Specification……………………………………………………………. 2 Installation / Environmental conditions………………………………. 3 Transportation, movement and installation…………………………. 4 Installation Work……………………………………………………….. 5 Overall View……………………………………………………………. 6 Main units and names…………………………………………………. 7 Front and rear cam system…………………………………………… 18 Cam action……………………………………………………………... 20 10. Cleaning………………………………………………………………… 28 Controller………………………………………………………………..

  • Page 3: Outline

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE I. OUTLINE 1. Introduction of KH-300 The KH-300 is a flat knitting machine, developed and manufactured in keeping with the following concepts. ▓ Compact ▓ Light-weight ▓ Space-saving ▓ High-performance ▓ Efficient ▓ Economical ...

  • Page 4: Specification

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 2. Specification MODEL KH－300 GAUGE 3G, 3.5G, 4G 5G, 7G, 10G, 12G, 14G 46”（117CM） 60”（152CM） KNITTING WIDTH 80”（203CM） 80”（203CM） 60”：Double system one carriage Single system, twin carriage 80”：Single system, twin carriage. CAM SYSTEM Knitting system three-way technique and transfer with split stitch function.

  • Page 5: Installation / Environmental Conditions

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 3. Installation / Environmental conditions Please install the machine as below instructions, in order to use and keep this machine good working condition. 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.

  • Page 6: Transportation, Movement And Installation

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 4. Transportation, movement and installation Transportation（package） Weight：1830 KGS (12G X 80”) Transportation（unpackage） Weight：1350 KGS (12G X 80”) KH-300 OPERATION MANUAL...

  • Page 7: Installation Work

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 5. Installation Work a. The space required for the installation of the machine is as follows : To facilitate access to the machine to pull out the carriages, the distance from any object such as from a wall to the machine must be at least 400 mm.

  • Page 8: Overall View

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 6. Overall View 1. Yarn carrier selection 7. Main motor 2. Carriage 8. Side tension equipment 3. Operation bar 9. Top tension 4. Main cover 10. Side cover 5. Fabric take-down roller 11. Fabric take-down roller bar 6.

  • Page 9: Main Units And Names

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 7. Main units and names 7.1 Top tension a. Electronic top tensions are easy to thread the yarn through. The large knot causes machine stop. The small knot causes slow speed then automatically resume at set speed.
  • Page 10 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 7.2 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. Each roller can be adjusted individually. The pressure of roller gets larger and the speed of take-down gets faster.
  • Page 11 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 7.3 Yarn Feed Unit (5G~14G) Auto, positive feeding device on each left and right side ( Fig.7.3.1, Fig.7.3.2, Fig.7.3.3 ) are showing the ways of passing through the yarn. Fig. 7.3.1 (5G~14G) 1. Yarn guide 2.
  • Page 12 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE The steps of passing through the yarn of side tension (3.5G yarn feed unit included) (Fig. 7.3.4) (3.5G) 1. Yarn guide 2. Yarn roller 3. Side tension 4. Yarn guide Fig. 7.3.4 KH-300 OPERATION MANUAL...
  • Page 13 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 7.4 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 mm. The yarn feeder must be in the central position between front and rear needles, also check its height refer to Fig.7.4.1.
  • Page 14 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 7.5 The latch brush The latch brush is important to open needle latch and prohibit the needle latch to close in knitting, and the correct brush setting is illustrated in Fig.7.5.1. Fig.7.5.1 Correct position of brush 7.6 Cam plate distance...
  • Page 15 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 7.7 Remove carriage When it becomes necessary to remove the carriage, it can be remove from the left hand side or the right hand side. The procedures are as following: a. Turn off the power firstly.
  • Page 16 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 7.8. Carriage combination and separation Two carriages, you can choose in use of combination or separation by yourself for different knitting production. Please operate combination or separation as follows: a. Turn off power. b. Fig.7.8.1 is a top overview of carriages.
  • Page 17 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE d. In separation position, the connecting- pole must be replaced the longer one. Refer to Fig. 7.8.3 (The distance between the two fabrics should be over 12”, from the middle of needle bed is each 6” to left and right side.)
  • Page 18 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 7.9 Replaceable segment needle bed The replaceable segment needle bed is with the same transfer needle on front and rear bed also includes moveable sinker equipment. Steel wire Needle pressing plate Jack Needle Fig.7.9.1 The structure of front and rear needle beds...
  • Page 19 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 7.10 Racking mechanism The rear bed can be racked four（4）inch(left right each 2 inches), 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.

  • Page 20: Front And Rear Cam System

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 8. Front and rear cam system (3.5G) KH-300 the cam system of front and rear beds is the same. Fig 8.1 (3.5G) A Transfer guide cam Needle guide cam Q Selector guide cam B Transfer raising cam...
  • Page 21 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE Front and rear cam system (5G~14G) KH-300 the cam system of front and rear beds is the same. Fig 8.2 (5G~14G) A Transfer guide cam I Tuck presser cam B Transfer raising cam J presser cam...

  • Page 22: Cam Action

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 9. CAM ACTION (3.5G) In graphs show the usual kinds of cam active situation. “ARROW” is the direction of carriage. “CROSS-LINE” is out of action. Jack Fig.9.1 KNIT & TUCK Jack Fig.9.2 KNIT & TUCK...
  • Page 23 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE CAM ACTION (3.5G) Jack Fig.9.3 TRANSFER & RECEIPT Jack Fig.9.4 TRANSFER & RECEIPT KH-300 OPERATION MANUAL...
  • Page 24 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE CAM ACTION (3.5G) Jack Fig.9.5 KNIT Jack Fig.9.6 MISS KH-300 OPERATION MANUAL...
  • Page 25 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE CAM ACTION (3.5G) Jack Fig.9.7 TUCK KH-300 OPERATION MANUAL...
  • Page 26 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE CAM ACTION (5G~14G) In graphs show the usual kinds of cam active situation. “ARROW” is the direction of carriage. “CROSS-LINE” is out of action Jack Fig 9.8 KNIT & TUCK Jack Fig 9.9 KNIT & TUCK...
  • Page 27 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE CAM ACTION (5G~14G) Jack Fig 9.10 TRANSFER & RECEIPT Jack Fig 9.11 TRANSFER & RECEIPT KH-300 OPERATION MANUAL...
  • Page 28 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE CAM ACTION (5G~14G) Jack Fig 9.12 KNIT Jack Fig 9.13MISS KH-300 OPERATION MANUAL...
  • Page 29 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE CAM ACTION (5G~14G) Jack Fig 9.14 TUCK KH-300 OPERATION MANUAL...

  • Page 30: Cleaning

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 10. Cleaning Maintenance: daily a. Clean the yarn dust on the needle, sinker, yarn carrier, yarn carrier rail, carriage, latch brush and top tension and clean the filter. b. Clean up the needle bed daily and clean out the yarn dust on the needle bed.

  • Page 31: Controller

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 11. Controller As Fig.11.1 front side of controller, easily find two switches, one fluorescent Lamp switch and one breaker/power switch. Fig upward is “ON” and downward is “OFF”. Fluorescent lamp Breaker/power switch Fig 11.1Control box...

  • Page 32: Operation Bar

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 12. Operation Bar In c h in g S ta rtin g Fig.12.1 Inching and starting S to p S to p Fig.12.2 Stop a. Inching：When turn forward of the operation bar, machine operates slowly and stops when you loosen.

  • Page 33: Operation

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE II. OPERATION ◎ Main Menu a. Flip the breaker switch on the front side of the controller to ON. Then display MAIN MENU. b. Press ON green key to start servo motor. c. How select each required menu: Use arrow key ↑...
  • Page 34 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE Preparation for machine running █ 1. Switch on the power ↓ 2. Press the green button ON（main servo motor） ↓ 3. Move the carriage to the left / Yarn feeders return to zero position (1-8 four systems) ↓...

  • Page 35: Re-Start Knitting

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ◎ RE-START KNITTING Move cursor to “1.Re-start knitting” and press Enter key. Screen appears “Start operation bar”. Turn the operation bar, in carriages the cam, stitch and racking etc. Come to zero position automatically and appears “Knitting mode” Screen.
  • Page 36 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE █ Detail for knitting mode 1. Step：working step position 2. →：direction 3. Piece：Set piece / finished piece ※ press :『shift + number』 4. Course：Total course / working course 5. Time：Total time / working time 6.

  • Page 37: Edit Main Control

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ◎ EDIT MAIN CONTROL Edit and change the programming data in the required knitting. Move cursor to “3.Edit Main Control” and press Enter key. It will enter “Control Data “screen. ** Control Data ** Tab＝...
  • Page 38 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE █ Explanation for edit main control When edit new Main-program it must be in the step No.1 of main program and preset Racking and sub-program then can do exit. P.set–R, P.set–F, Yarn Stop, Turn ADJ, Stitch, Speed, T.down / Sub.T.down and Piece etc.
  • Page 39 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE 13. Economy :（a）Set JUMP for repeat. （b）Set END for end of program 14. Step : Jump to required step number for repeat, available repeat in single step 15. Count : How many time of repeat 16.
  • Page 40 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE █ Tab Key Function Show function key in edit main program. Control Data Function Code : Control Data Function Code F1 ： Stitch Data F2 ： Speed Data F3 ： Pattern Set F4 ： Turn / Yarn Stop F5 ：...
  • Page 41 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE █ Function key in editing of main program F1 : Stitch data Press F1 key and screen is showing : ▼ Stitch Data : ( “ALL” CAN NOT BE SET THE VALUE AS “0”) Stitch Data .STI ]...
  • Page 42 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ▼ Stitch data： 1. If set stitch value in ALL then value of left & right systems are same two of ALL. Stitch Data .STI ] ← SYS -1 SYS -2 SYS -1 SYS-2 →...
  • Page 43 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ■ F2 : Speed Data Press F2 key and screen is showing： ▼ Main speed / Take Down Speed / Sub Take down Speed : Main Speed / Take Down File Name：[ .ABS ] –...
  • Page 44 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ▼ Main Take Down screen : Main Take Down *** File Name：[ .ABS ] – – MainTakedown ( 0~99 ) Turn ( 0~99 ) – – 1：30 / 35 12：0 /0 23：0 /0 2：40 /45 13：0 /0...
  • Page 45 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE Press PgDn : ▼ Sub Take Down / Open Close screen : *** Sub Take Down / Open Close *** File Name：[ .ABS ] – – SubTakedown ( 0~99 ) S.T.D.Open ( 0~99 ) – –...
  • Page 46 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ▼ Auto Take Down / Open Close screen : Auto Take Down File Name：[ .ABS ] Needle Speed M.T.D S.T.D Open MIN–MAX MIN–MAX MN –MX MN –MX MN –MX 33：0 – 0 – 1 –...
  • Page 47 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE █ F3 : Pattern Set Press F3 key and screen is showing : Pattern Setting : Pattern Setting .PST ] NO.1 CODE RESET START END 1： INC 2： 3： 4： 5： 6： 7： 8：...
  • Page 48 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ▼ CODE : the content of pattern, set F1- F4 F1 Inc, Increment : This places the pattern from the set needle to the reset needle, beginning with the Star Wale No. and continuing in order of Wale No.
  • Page 49 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE █ F4 : Turn ADJ Press F4 key and screen is showing : Carriage return distance / Yarn feeder set position. Carriage return distance .YRN ] 1：0 2：0 3：0 4：0 Yarn feeder set position ←...
  • Page 50 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE █ FUNCTION F5：Pattern Data Press F5 key and be shown on screen. F6：Jump to any step Input the required step No. to jump. Shown on screen : Jump Step → ___ F7：Copy any Step Input the required step No.

  • Page 51: Edit Pattern

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ◎ EDIT PATTERN Select 4. Edit pattern in main menu, press Enter key and be shown on screen. X：1 Y：1 File Name： .DES ] Start： 1 , 1 End： 1 , 1 → · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·...
  • Page 52 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE █ Explanation for edit pattern Key board operation and function as below. 1. EDIT NEW PROGRAM. 2. Press 2 key and be shown on screen. Wale ________ Course ________ Y/N ? If press N key and be shown on screen.
  • Page 53 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ▼ Key board operation and function as below. F1 Jump：Input the required wale and course to jump. F2 CHG：Change color, after present area (Start: X, Y; End: X, Y) Press F2 key to select the code for change. For example: Input 4 in 1 of area, then all the 1 in area will be changes to 4.

  • Page 54: Edit Piece Area

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ◎ EDIT PIECE AREA In main menu, select 5. Piece Area and press Enter key, screen be shown. Piece Area (Auto ) .PCS ] Piece Start Yarn 1： 2： 3： 4： 5： 6： 7：...

  • Page 55: Yarn Feeder Position

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ◎ YARN FEEDER START POSTION In main menu, select 6.Yarn feeder start position and press Enter key, screen be shown. Yarn feeder stop point Page：1 File Name：[ .YRN ] LEFT SYSTEM RIGHT SYSTEM 6：...

  • Page 56: Disk Execution

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ◎ DISK SERVICE In main menu select 7.Disk Service and press Enter key, screen be Shown: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *...
  • Page 57 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ▼File Load Select 1.File Load by cursor and press Enter key, screen be shown： * * * File Load * * * Page：1 KAUOHENG .BMP 258K .PST KAUOHENG .PXP .CNT KAUOHENG .OPT .DES KAUOHENG .PST .PST...
  • Page 58 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ▼File Save Select 2.File Save by cursor and press Enter key, screen be shown： * * * File Save * * * Page：1 KAUOHENG .BMP 258K .PST KAUOHENG .PXP .CNT KAUOHENG .OPT .DES KAUOHENG .PST .PST...
  • Page 59 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ▼Rename Select 3. Rename by cursor and press Enter key, screen be shown： * * * File Rename * * * Page：1 KAUOHENG .BMP 258K .PST KAUOHENG .PXP .CNT KAUOHENG .OPT .DES KAUOHENG .PST .PST...
  • Page 60 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ▼File Delete Select 4.File Delete by cursor and press Enter key, screen be shown： * * * File Delete * * * Page：1 KAUOHENG .BMP 258K .PST KAUOHENG .PXP .CNT KAUOHENG .OPT .DES KAUOHENG .PST .PST...
  • Page 61 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ▼File compare Select 8.File Compare by cursor and press Enter key： * * * File Compare * * * Page：1 KAUOHENG .BMP 258K .PST KAUOHENG .PXP .CNT KAUOHENG .OPT .DES KAUOHENG .PST .PST KAUOHENG .CNT .CNT...
  • Page 62 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ▼Directory Select 6. Directory by cursor and press Enter key. * * * Directory * * * Page：1 KAUOHENG .BMP 258K .PST KAUOHENG .PXP .CNT KAUOHENG .OPT .DES KAUOHENG .PST .PST KAUOHENG .CNT .CNT KAUOHENG .DES...

  • Page 63: Demo Execution

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ◎ DEMO EXECUTION Use arrow key to move cursor to 8. DEMO EXECUTION, then press enter key to the screen. 1. Press Enter to demo execution automatically. 2. Press Pause Break to stop temporarily and press Enter to continue.

  • Page 64: Diagnostic

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ◎ DIAGNOSTIC INPUT In main menu, select 9. Diagnostic Input and press Enter key for test of input. Diagnostic Input System – 1 System - 2 Stitch Origin Rear：˙ Rear：˙ Front：˙ Front：˙ Origin Rear：－...
  • Page 65 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ◎ DIAGNSTIC OUTPUT Move cursor to “10 Re-start knitting “ and press Enter key. Screen appears “Start operation bar”. Turn the operation bar, in carriages the cam, stitch and racking etc. Diagnostic Output System -1...
  • Page 66 KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE █ REFERENCE Stitch ：Key in 0~220 to test. Cam ：Key in 0~4 to test. Needle ：Key in 0~3 to test. Time ：The speed of test to selection actuator. Yarn ：Key in 0~6 to test.

  • Page 67: System Setting

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ◎ SYSTEM SETTING Key in 8 characters 『K A U O H E N G』 in main menu to enter in the screen “System setting” . System setting Language ：1 T.down ：0 Empty ：120 Buzzer ：1...

  • Page 68: Function Key

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ◎ FUNCTION KEY F1：Stitch F2：Main speed / Take – Down Speed/ Sub T.down Speed F3：Pattern Set F4：Turn ADJ F5：Pattern Data F6：Jump to any step F7：Copy any Step F8：Step delete F9：Step Clear F10：N~N Step Clear Shift＋F9：Step insert...

  • Page 69: Error Message

    KAUO HENG COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINE ERROR MESSAGE TABLE ERROR MESSAGE SOLUTIOIN Start servo-motor, green ON key, Main Servo Error： Clear the error signal. Check if needles in fault ,then Shock： press R key after solution. Yarn Breakage： Check if top-tension in fault, and adjust to correct position.
  • Page 70 高 亨 精 機 工 業 有 限 公 司 KAUO HENG PRECISION MACHINERY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 台灣省台北縣板橋市和平路 14 巷 20 號 Address：No. 20, Lane 14, Ho Ping Road, Panchiao, Taipei, Taiwan TEL：+ 886-2-29559258 FAX：+ 886-2-29629153 http：// www.kauoheng.com.tw E-mail：kauoheng@ms58.hinet.net...

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