Control cast-off fabric via RS17 and piece counter (counter #100)

During the production the first fabric is to be started with comb or in case of belt take-down knitted into the take-down.
All the following pieces are to be produced without casting-off, connected by the draw thread.
Before the piece counter reaches 0, the fabric is cast-off.

Application of this production variant:

Further processing like washing, ironing, etc. of contiguous fabrics will be easier if applicable.

Machine with comb:
When producing fabrics with reduced weight and length, e.g. collar, trimmings, etc., which do not fall into the fabric container.

Machine with belt take-down:
For economic reasons. Time and residual yarn saving

Production with RS17 with fully fashion fabrics:

Via the Sintral command RS17=1 IF #100=1 RS17=0, the activation and deactivation of the cast-off function is coupled to the piece counter.
The Sintral function Combthread contains the FF-TRANS function. This function regulates the transition between the single fabric pieces.

End width same as start-width: no special transition is necessary.
End width larger than start-width: excess needles up to the start-width are cast-off.
End width smaller than start-width: protection yarn is used to widen up to the needed start-width.

Behavior of the piece counter when using RS17:

if piece counter: ST=1

1: For the one fabric piece, the comb and the clamping / cutting are active.
(With belt take-down, picking-up after pressing-off into the take-down is controlled by RS20)

2: All yarn carriers are taken out of the clamp before start with the Float and Lock or the Float and Lock_B module.

3: The Protection row module contains the query of the RS17. If only one piece is knitted, RS17 is set to 0, the yarn carriers are clamped and cast-of is carried out.

if piece counter: ST>1

I. First fabric:

1: The first piece works with Comb since RS17=0 is set.
(With belt take-down, picking-up after pressing-off into the take-down with RS20)

2: All yarn carriers are taken out of the clamp before start with the Float and Lock or the Float and Lock_B module.

3: For machine with comb:
The Comb thread is clamped after knitting, since it is only needed for the first piece.

4: All other yarn carriers are positioned at the fabric selvedge for the following pieces.

5: At the fabric end in the Protection row module the RS17 is set to 1 with the Sintral command RS17=1 IF #100=1 RS17=0, as the piece counter is >1. This way no cast-off is carried out at the fabric end.

6: Afterwards, the Sintral function FF-TRANS is called-up for comparing the shape counters ant the required transition rows are processed.

II. The following fabric pieces:

1: All the following fabrics are processed without comb and clamping / cutting in case that there is no clamping defined in the yarn fields. If clamping is defined, it is important to ensure that the yarn carrier with Lock at the fabric selvedge is knitted-in again.

2: No cast-off is carried out at the end of these fabrics.

3: Execution of the Sintral function FF-TRANS for the transition to the next fabric piece.

III. Last fabric piece of the piece counter:

1: At the end of the last piece in the Protection row module the piece counter with the Sintral command RS17=1 IF #100=1 RS17=0 is checked and therefore, RS17 = 0 is set.

2: With RS17 = 0 the yarn carriers are brought into the clamps and then the fabric piece is cast-off.