Show Yarn Carriers

In the Yarn Carriers tool window, you can indicate the desired specifications regarding the yarn carriers and influence the yarn carrier home position.

I. Open the Yarn Carriers tool window:

  1. The New Pattern xx document window is enabled.
  2. Yarn Carriers is enabled.
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    Open the Yarn Carriers tool window.
    In Yarn Carriers group -> Show Yarn Carriers
  1. The Yarn Carriers tool window appears with the Available Yarns and Yarn Carriers tab active.
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    Select the yarn carrier.
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    Make the desired changes in the Available Yarns and Yarn Carriers tab of the Yarn Carriers tool window.
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    Apply the modifications.
    Edit group -> Apply
    - or -
    Edit group -> Apply and Close

Synchronize

Applies the changes from the Design Pattern to the open Yarn Carrier View and synchronizes both views to the current state of the pattern.

Apply

Applies changes for yarn carriers to the Design Pattern. Other changes (e.g. of color parameters) will be applied at once.

Apply and Close

Applies changes for yarn carriers to the Design Pattern and closes the view. Other changes (e.g. of color parameters) will be applied at once.

Cancel and Close

Rejects modifications and closes the Yarn Carrier View.

Close with Cancel and Close if you only opened the Yarn Carrier view for control.

II. Working with the Yarn Carrier tool window:

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Available Yarns and Yarn Carriers tab

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Returning yarn carriers to the magazine according to their position at the left or right side of the yarn carrier rails.

: Yarn carriers of the pattern only - excepting the yarn carrier colors which are firmly allocated to a certain rail.

Allocating the yarn carriers for technique colors to the yarn carrier rails according to the standard preallocation.

Returning yarn carriers from the yarn carrier rails to the magazine as 'undefined'.

: Yarn carrier of the pattern only.

Allocating the yarn carriers from the magazine to the yarn carrier rails.

Show Unused Technique Colors

In the view of the yarn carrier rails, only the technique colors used in the pattern are displayed.

In the view of the yarn carrier rails, the technique colors not used in the pattern are displayed as well.

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Display of the yarn carriers for yarn and magazine colors regarding the positioning on the left side during rail allocation.

: Yarn carriers not yet allocated to a yarn carrier rail but will be positioned on the left side when allocating.

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Display of the yarn carriers for yarn and magazine colors regarding the positioning on the right side during rail allocation.

: Yarn carriers not yet allocated to a yarn carrier rail but will be positioned on the right side when allocating.

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Display of the yarn carriers for yarn and magazine colors undefined.

: The yarn carriers have no allocation to a rail nor to a side (left/right)

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Release for allocation of the rail with a yarn carrier left / right

No release for allocation of the rail with a yarn carrier left / right

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Graphic presentation of the yarn carrier rails with the used yarn carrier types on the left / right side and specification of the corresponding colors.
This results in the yarn carrier home position left / right.

Input panel for the specifications for a selected yarn carrier

Input panel for the specifications for a selected yarn carrier

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Set as Used

Yarn carrier position is free for allocation

Yarn carrier position is not free for allocation

: For example when inserting Sintral functions where yarn carriers are used.

Position

Specification of the yarn carrier position of the yarn carrier color

Type

Description

Comment on a yarn carrier

: Is entered in Sintral in the table of the yarn carriers.

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Pattern Color (After Expanding)

Display of the pattern color of the selected yarn carrier

Technique Color

Display of the technique color of a selected technical yarn carrier

Clamping Depth

Needle sinking of clamping and cutting needle
Command: NCC=n (n= -10 to 10)

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Knit-in before Start

Selected yarn carrier is not knit-in in the Knitting-in before start function.

Selected yarn carrier is knit-in in the Knitting-in before start function.

Knit-in to opposite side

A yarn carrier remains on the corresponding side based on its home position.

A yarn carrier is knitted before the start to the opposite side of its home position.

: Use:
With MC with single-sided clamping / cutting.

Stop at:

  • Shape Edge
  • SEN Edge

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Engaging Value [mm]

At the Left (Ua)

Engaging width for the left side

At the Right (Ub)

Engaging width for the right side

Cabinet Width [mm]

Specification depending on the yarn carrier type specified under Type

: No entry possible!

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Border Fixation

Selection of the knitting mode for the border fixation (module)

Minimum Padding

Distance for the border fixation in rows

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Float Fully Fashion Transition

At the end a yarn carrier is moved to the home position according to the setting in the Yarn Field Allocation.

At the end a yarn carrier is moved to its home position without knitting.

: Use:
For technical fabrics with weft yarn.

Go to Shape Edge after EAY/S0Y (YG:nF;)

The yarn carrier will not be positioned at the counters #L and #R.

The yarn carrier will be positioned at the counters #L and #R and follows the shape.

Exclude from 'Open Clamp' (Y-RALL( n ))

Selected yarn carrier is controlled by the Y-RALL function.

Selected yarn carrier will be excluded from the Y-RALL function and can be defined differently by the value (rows) at Color Parameters under .

: By default, the clamp will be opened by the Y-RALL function for all yarn carriers after about 25 rows.

Additional tabs:

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Knitting Areas (SEN)

Working with several SEN areas:

  • Machines without comb
  • Machines with comb but without using it

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Tandem (YLR)

Change of the yarn carrier home position with tandem machines

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Group Feed Wheels

Use when working with feed wheels

: For the use of the feed wheels, they have to be defined in the Config­uration dialog box -> Machine Attributes tab under Electronic Feed Wheels.