Study on v bed flat knitting machine & cam system

Name of the experiment: Study on v bed flat knitting machine & cam system.

Objects:

1. To know about the passage of yarn and fabric of the machine.
2. To know about the different parts and their functions of the machine.
3. To know about the cam arrangement of the machine.
4. To know about the different types of cam and their functions.

Specification:

• Brand:
• Feeder no:
• Gauge:
• Width:
• Cam per bed:

Main parts:

1. Yarn package.
2. Front needle bed.
3. Yarn guide.
4. Needle spring.
5. Tension spring.
6. Fabric.
7. Cymbal tension.
8. Dead weightening system.
9. Yarn take-up.
10. Latch needle.
11. Fabric comb.
12. Yarn carrier.
13. Back needle bed.

Machine description:

In the following figure shows a cross section of a simple hand powered and manipulated V-bed rib flat machine. The trick walls are replaced at the needle bed verges by fixed, thinner, polished and specially shaped knock-over bit edges. In rib gating, a knock-over bit in one bed will be aligned opposite to a needle trick in the other bed. During knitting, the edges of the knock-over bits restrain the sinker loops as they pass between the needles and thus assist in the knocking over of the old loops and in the formation of the new loops.

The cover plate is a thin metal blade, located in a slot across the top of the needle bed tricks. It prevents the stems of the needles from pivoting upwards out of the tricks as a result of the fabric take down tension drawing the needle hooks downwards whilst allowing the needles to slide freely in their tricks.

Latch opening brushes are attached to the cam plates of both needle beds to ensure that the needle latches are fully opened. The supports of the brushes are adjustable to ensure precise setting of the bristles relative to the needles.

The cam-carriage either slides or runs on ball bearings or wheels, along guide rails, one of which is fixed over the lower end of each needle bed. It is propelled either by hand or from a motor driven continuous roller chain or rubber belt.

Each yarn carrier is attached to a block which slides along a bar, which, like the carriage guide rails, passes across the full width of the machine.

Two levers are usually provided, one at each end of the needle bed. One is for racking the back needle bed, to change the gating of the needle beds for changes of rib set out or rib loop transfer.

Cam system of the V-bed hand flat machine

Cam system of the V-bed hand flat machine:

The following figure illustrates the knitting action of a V-bed hand flat machine and the another figure shows the underside of the cam carriage and the cams forming the tracks that guide the needle butts through the knitting system.

The needle butts will enter the traversing cam system from the right during a left to right carriage traverse and from the left during a right to left traverse. For each needle bed there are two raising cams (R), two cardigan cams (C) and two stitch cams (S).

The arrangement as shown in the following figure is referred to as a knitting system. A single system machine will knit one course of rib in one traverse whereas a double system machine will knit two courses of rib per traverse. Sometimes a set of cams in one bed is referred to as a lock.

A (L) Raising cam (left)

B (R) Raising cam (right)

C Tuck cam (left & right)

D (L) stitch cam (left)

D (R) stitch cam (right)

E Guard cam

Conclusion:

Finally it can be said that the experiment is very important. By this experiment we may learn how to change the design, how to operate the machine and how to changing the position of cams to produce different types of designs which helps us in our practical life.