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Yarn feeding:
• The yarn is fed as the needles descend under the
control of guard cam (G).
• The required loop length is drawn by latch needle
as it descends the stitch cam S (R).
Knocking over:
• To produce synchronized knocking over of both
needle beds simultaneously, the stitch cam S (R)
in the front system is set lower than the auxiliary
stitch cam AS (R), so that the latter is rendered
ineffective.
Main Features:
1. Flat knitting machine has two stationary needle beds
2. Latch needles are used
3. Angular cams of a bi-directional cam system is used
4. The cam system is attached to the under side of a
carriage, which with its selected yarn carriers.
5. The carriage traverses in a reciprocating manner
across the machine width
6. There is a separate cam system for each needle bed
7. The two cam systems are linked together by a
bridge, which passes across from one needle bed to the
other.
8. Normally machine gauge is 3 to 18 needles per inch
and machine width up to 79 inches.