General Information About ADF Machines

Explanation of the term ADF = Autarkic Direct Feed:

The machine has autarkically driven yarn carriers, which can be moved independently of a knitting system in an horizontal and vertical direction.
There are 8 yarn carrier rails with 2 yarn carrier tracks each, which are double allocated with autarkic yarn carriers (= a total of 32 autarkic yarn carriers).

Yarn carrier designation:

YCA = Yarn Carrier Autarkic (Autarkic Yarn Carrier) .

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The autarkic yarn carrier does not perform any swiveling movement. This yarn carrier performs an upward / downward movement, which equals the swiveling of an intarsia yarn carrier. For the knitting process the yarn carrier is positioned low and moved horizontally.

Possibilities of the yarn carrier movement:

Regular Intarsia yarn carriers	Autarkic Yarn Carrier	Presentation of autarkic yarn carriers movement
Yarn carrier swiveled	The yarn carrier is positioned in its color field. : The overrun path is 0.4" (6 nic). This ensures a secure yarn insertion during the following knitting.
		Graphic presentation in the technical view:
Yarn carrier not swiveled	The yarn carrier is positioned in the neighboring color field. : The behavior is similar to a normal yarn carrier, i.e. the overrun path is 0.75" (12 nic).
		Graphic presentation in the technical view:
	: The specification nic means: 1 nic = 1/16 inch = 1.5875 millimeter.

Possibilities	Meaning
System related yarn carrier run	Yarn carrier run with knitting action in the allocated system in the carriage direction
Reverse system related yarn carrier run	Yarn carrier run with knitting action in the allocated system opposite to the carriage direction : Only allowed via a needle path of two neighboring knitting needles!
System independent yarn carrier run	Yarn carrier run without allocated system (autarkic) Possibilities: before stroke between the systems (e.g. weft yarn carrier Q) after stroke

Additional entries in the control columns:

Control column	Entry		Meaning
		System independent yarn carrier run to the left : autarkic: No knitting system necessary!
		System independent yarn carrier run to the right
		System independent yarn carrier run undetermined : How to use: In the module, if the direction of the yarn carrier run is not determined.
		Yarn carrier run without overrun path The minimum distance between the yarn carrier and the yarn insertion in the first needle is 6 nic. : The yarn carriers are not staggered automatically within the fabric.
		Yarn carrier run with overrun path (standard specification) : The yarn carriers are staggered automatically within the fabric. Automatic staggering for yarn carriers at the same position: The first yarn carrier is positioned with an overrun path of 12 nic (1nic=1/16 inch). Further yarn carriers are positioned with an overrun path of 12 nic + 6 nic etc.
	: The specification nic means: 1 nic = 1/16 inch

Plating Techniques:

Knitting Technique	Definition	Stitch line
Intarsia Plated	Two (or more) yarns work together in one intarsia area. The yarns are not used in neighboring areas.
Inverse Plating	Two (or more) yarns work together in one area and change their position (home position, plating position) with system change. : Change between the systems. Result: One pattern row is divided to several technical rows.
STOLL-ikat plating ®	Two yarns work together in one area and change their position (home position, plating position) with system change. : Change in the system. Result: One pattern row corresponds to one technical row. In each pattern row, two yarns work, which knit in one system and change their position as well.
Selective Plating	Two (or more) yarns work together only in one selected area. In the same knitting row at least one yarn is also used outside the selected area.

Stop motion of the ADF-yarn carriers within its own color field (Intarsia swiveled)

	A1	Overrun path: 0.4 inch (6 nic) Yarn carrier moves in upper position out of its color field by the overrun path.
	A2	Yarn carrier moves in lower position.
	A3	Yarn carrier moves to the beginning of its color field.
	B	The yarn carrier works in its color field.
	C1	Overrun path: 0.4 inch (6 nic) Yarn carrier moves further at the end of the color field by the overrun path.
	C2	Yarn carrier in lower position moves back to its color field.
	C3	Yarn carrier moves to upper position.

Mechanical-induced distances:

	The width of the ADF yarn carrier from the yarn carrier tip to the short side is 1 inch.
	Two yarn carriers on the same track: The minimum distance is 2 inches.

Pattern related yarn carrier distances:

The distances depend on:

The intarsia binding between the color fields.
The parking position of the yarn carrier in the preceding row.
With diagonally running color fields (e.g. diamonds), a larger distance results.
on the yarn carrier correction value K<I>, that can be adjusted on CREATE PLUS

Function	Systems	Distance (x) by inches
Two yarn carriers on the same track work in the same carriage direction	with 2 systems	2,4“ (1"+1"+0,4")
		2,4“ (1"+1"+0,4")
		2,4 (1"+1"+0,4")

Two yarn carriers on the same track work in the same carriage direction	with one system	2,8“ (1"+0,4"+1"+0,4")
Two yarn carriers on the same track work in the different carriage direction	with one system	2,4“ (1"+1"+0,4")
Two yarn carriers on the different tracks work in the same carriage direction	with one system	0,7“