EP0699792B1 - Verfahren zur Regelung der Fadenlänge an Flachstrichmaschinen und Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Regelung der Fadenlänge an Flachstrichmaschinen und Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens Download PDF

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EP0699792B1
EP0699792B1 EP95306139A EP95306139A EP0699792B1 EP 0699792 B1 EP0699792 B1 EP 0699792B1 EP 95306139 A EP95306139 A EP 95306139A EP 95306139 A EP95306139 A EP 95306139A EP 0699792 B1 EP0699792 B1 EP 0699792B1
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Yoshiyuki Komura
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  • the present invention relates to control of yarn length in intarsia knits, integral knits, whole garment knits, etc., and in particular, yarn length control when one carriage course knits, using one cam lock, plural stitch rows.
  • the applicant proposed to knit with a flat knitting machine while measuring the yarn length Japanese Provisional Patent Publication No. SHO-62-62977 and No. HEI-6-25953, and Japanese Patent No. HEI-1-49816.
  • a rotary encoder is used to measure the yarn length fed to the carrier and a feed-back is given to the stitch cams of the carriage to bring the yarn length to the target. This produces a knitted fabric with the desired loop length.
  • the tension in the yarn to be fed to the carrier is controlled according to the yarn length measured.
  • the moving average method is used to compare the target yarn length and the actual yarn length. For example, the yarn length is compared for every span of about 10 meters, and yarn lengths of the past spans of about 30 meters are used for comparison.
  • one cam rock may use plural yarns in one knitting course (one travel of the carriage). In this case, if two yarns are passed through one carrier and used at the same time, then it will not pose any problem. However, if a yarn A knits one stitch row and a yarn B knits another stitch row, it poses a problem. Because of the structure of the flat knitting machine, it is difficult to alter the value of the stitch cam in the middle on one knitting course. Suppose that the consumption of the yarn A and the consumption of the yarn B are to be measured respectively. Then we must select between controlling the stitch cam value on the basis of the yarn A and controlling the stitch cam value on the basis of the yarn B.
  • the feeding condition is the direction of yarn feeding relative to the direction of travelling of the carriage. For example, when the carriage shifts from the left to the right, feeding yarn from the left is pull knitting, and feeding yarn from the right is push knitting. When the carriage shifts from the right to the left, feeding yarn from the right is pull knitting, and feeding yarn from the left is push knitting.
  • the stitch cam condition is identical, the loop length increases in push knitting relative to pull knitting.
  • both push knitting and pull knitting were present in one carriage course, and the loop length of the push knitting portion increased relative to the loop length of the pull knitting portion, resulting irregular loop sizes in the knitted fabric.
  • the present inventor further examined the yarn length control of double knits.
  • a carriage having plural cam locks is used, and a leading cam lock is used to knit one course and a tailing cam lock is used to knit the next one course.
  • a leading cam lock is used to knit one course
  • a tailing cam lock is used to knit the next one course.
  • double knitting two courses are knitted concurrently.
  • the tailing cam lock knits the next course on the course still being knitted on the leading side.
  • EP-A-0489307 discloses a method and device for controlling the quantity of yarn fed to a textile machine, the method including a first stage in which a master garment is produced, data corresponding to machine characteristics and the quantity of yarn fed to the machine during said first stage being memorised. Garments similar to the master garment are produced in a second stage, during which stage current data corresponding to machine characteristics and yarn quantity is compared with the stored master data, the quantity of yarn being fed to the machine being controlled on the basis of the comparison such as to maintain a constant yarn quantity during production.
  • One object of the present invention is to achieve yarn length control with less preparatory work and less consumption of yarn when one stitch cam knits plural stitch rows in a carriage course of a garment.
  • a secondary object of the present invention is to prevent the yarn length from varying in carriage courses in which a yarn being fed from the left side of the needle bed and a yarn being fed from the right side thereof are present.
  • Another secondary object of the present invention is to provide an effective method of controlling the yarn length for double knitting and a device therefor.
  • the method of controlling yarn length according to the present invention uses a flat knitting machine having a needle bed, a carriage with multiple stitch cams, and plural carriers for feeding yarns to the needles of the needle bed, comprising feeding plural yarns from the carriers to the needles for knitting a garment having carriage courses in which a single stitch cam knits plural stitch rows, said method including
  • a garment means a major part of one cloth, such as a front body, a back body or sleeves.
  • a whole garment knit literally means one complete cloth.
  • a garment normally includes a rib part such as bottom rib and other parts. It is preferable that, at least one representative yarn is designated for a rib part of which appearance is important and of which knitting method differs from other parts, and another representative yarn is designated for parts other than the rib.
  • the used yarn length for the control of the standard garment and the subsequent garments is preferably the total yarn length of the rib part and the total yarn length of the other parts, or the total yarn length of the rib part and the yarn length of the representative yarn for parts other than the rib part.
  • yarns are fed in many cases from both the sides of the needle bed. This is because the number of yarns actually used is greater than the number of yarns that can be fed from one side of of the bed.
  • the side from which yarns including the representative yarn are fed is assumed to be one end of of the bed, and the side from which the remaining yarns are fed is assumed to be the other end of of the bed.
  • Each yarn is fed through a carrier to needles of the needle a bed.
  • the stitch cam conditions are adjusted in such a way that the yarn length used increases when the carriage shifts from the other end to one end relative to when the carriage shifts from the one end to the other end.
  • the stitch cam conditions are determined for single knit in the above-mentioned step b, stitch cam adjustment data are stored for tailing cams so that the yarn length used in double-knitting is virtually equal to that used in single-knitting, and the stitch cam conditions are adjusted for tailing cams by using said stored data when double-knitting is done in the above-mentioned steps c through e.
  • the present invention is characterized in that a yarn length control device is provided with a memory for storing data of at least one of multiple yarns to be fed to needles of the needle bed as a representative yarn,
  • the above-mentioned flat knitting machine can produce double knits by allocating some of the above-mentioned stitch cams as leading cams and some of the above-mentioned stitch cams as tailing cams, and is provided with
  • a representative yarn is selected from multiple yarns used in, for example, an intarsia part.
  • a representative yarn is selected.
  • some garments such as sweaters have a rib part for the bottom rib.
  • at least one representative yarn is preferably designated for the rib part.
  • multiple stitch cams are adjusted by using the representative yarns to obtain stitches of the desired loop length.
  • the stitch cam adjustment corrects the dispersion among the stitch cams.
  • variations in the loop length or changes in the yarn length due to, for example, different slippages of yarns may not be compensated.
  • changes in the yarn lengths due to differing properties of the respective yarns may not be prevented.
  • Changes in the loop length due to different properties of yarn materials can be compensated by changing the garment design. For instance, for a yarn which tends to produce a smaller loop length, the number of courses may be increased. Or the stitch cam conditions may be changed for the entire garment to produce larger loops.
  • the loop length varies depending on the properties of the yarn material, such as thickness and coefficient of friction. It is rare to use plural yarns of which properties are extremely different to each other in one garment. Hence the dispersion among stitch cams has a greater effect on the garment. Moreover. even if plural yarns of which properties are extremely different to each other are to be used, their use may be taken into consideration at the design stage. The number of courses may be increased for a yarn which tends to produce a shorter loop length; thus the size of the part may be enlarged. Similarly, when the loop size from a yarn of which property is different from that of the representative yarn and inadequate, the standard garment may be knitted again to increase the loop sizes of the yarns including the representative yarn.
  • the standard garment is knitted.
  • the yarn length can not be fed back to the stitch cam data during the knitting of the standard garment.
  • the yarn lengths can be controlled even when, in one carriage course, one stitch cam is used to knit plural stitch rows.
  • the stitch cam adjustment before knitting the standard garment is needed only for the representative yarn. Furthermore, the consumption of yarns during the stitch cam adjustment is limited.
  • garments identical to the standard garment can be produced consistently.
  • Another problem of using multiple yarns is the presence of left-feeding yarns and right-feeding yarns.
  • the loop lengths of the left-feeding yarns differ from those of the right-feeding yarns.
  • the cause is the difference between push knitting and pull knitting. If a representative yarn is a left-feeding yarn, a right-feeding yarn is push-knitted when the carriage travels to the right, and the loop length increases. The yarn is pull-knitted when the carriage travels to the left, and the loop length decreases.
  • the difference between push-knitting and pull-knitting concentrates in the yarns being fed from the side opposite to the representative yarn, and the loop size variations are conspicuous.
  • the loop size variations due to the directions of the carriage travel are dispersed in the right-feeding loops and the left-feeding loops to make loop size variations inconspicuous.
  • adjustment is made in the following manner.
  • the stitch cam conditions are adjusted according to the above-mentioned adjustment data so that the yarn length used is increased when the carriage travels towards the side from which the representative yarn is fed in comparison with when the carriage travels in the opposite direction.
  • the leading cam lock knits a new loop course.
  • the tailing cam lock knits the next course.
  • stitch cam adjustment data for making the yarn length used in double-knitting substantially equal to that used in single-knitting are stored, and the stitch cam conditions are adjusted with these data.
  • adjustment data are stored at least for the tailing side, and preferably, adjustment data are stored for both the leading side and the tailing side.
  • Fig. 1 A block diagram of an embodiment.
  • Fig. 2 A front view of a flat knitting machine having a yarn length control device of the embodiment.
  • Fig. 3 A partial development of the carriage of the flat knitting machine.
  • Fig. 4 A plan view of a garment to be knitted in the embodiment.
  • Fig. 5 - Fig. 10 Flowcharts of the yarn length control method of the present invention.
  • Fig. 6 shows the sampling routine of adjustment data for yarn feeding conditions
  • Fig. 7 shows the sampling routine of adjustment data for double-knitting
  • Fig. 8 shows the knitting routine of a standard garment
  • Fig. 9 shows the knitting routine of subsequent garments.
  • Fig. 10 shows the readjustment routine of stitch cam data.
  • Fig. 1 through Fig. 10 show an embodiment.
  • Fig. 1 shows the block diagram of a yarn length control device 2.
  • 4 is a bus
  • 6 is a floppy disc drive.
  • Knitting data are inputted from a floppy disc 8.
  • other input/output equipment such as an optomagnetic disc drive and a modem may be used.
  • the floppy disc 8 stores knitting data; the data is divided into files such as a pattern data file 10, a loop length file 12 designating loop lengths of the respective carriage courses.
  • the inputted pattern data file is stored in a pattern data memory 14.
  • the loop length file is converted into stitch cam data for respective carriage courses by referring to a look up table (LUT) 30 which will be explained later.
  • the converted data are stored in a stitch cam data memory 16.
  • 18 denotes a central processing unit (CPU) that makes judgements and computations required for the yarn length control, as well as the overall control of the flat knitting machine.
  • 20 is an interactive input/output device. It consists of an LCD screen for data display and a keyboard for inputting commands to the flat knitting machine.
  • 22 is a ROM that stores the loop length routine, a program for determining stitch cam adjustment data for a representative yarn which will be described later.
  • 24 is a stitch cam adjustment data memory that stores stitch cam adjustment data obtained by the loop length routine for the respective stitch cams of the carriage of the flat knitting machine. For instance, if a carriage is provided with two cam locks for the front bed and for the back bed, respectively, then a total number of stitch cams is eight. Then eight stitch cam adjustment values are stored.
  • 26 is a left feeding/right feeding adjustment data memory that stores the loop length changing ratio J of push knitting and pull knitting.
  • 28 is a memory for stitch cam adjustment data for double knit. It stores stitch cam adjustment values Dl and Dt for double knit; they are used for obtaining the same loop length in double-knitting as the normal single-knitting. Dl is the adjustment value for the leading cam, and Dt is the adjustment value for the tailing cam.
  • LUT look up table
  • 32 is a memory for constants. It stores encoder numbers or carrier numbers corresponding to the respective representative yarns. Encoders will be explained later.
  • the memory stores representative yarns by converting the data into these numbers.
  • the memory for constants 32 stores the default value for the left feeding/right feeding adjustment value J and the default values for the adjustment values Dl and Dt of double knitting. Moreover, the memory 32 stores the loop length routine and yarn consumptions of the standard garment and actual garments.
  • 34 is a stitch cam adjustment motor and is provided for each stitch cam of the flat knitting machine. It operates and adjusts the stitch cam value when the direction of the carriage travel is switched over.
  • 36 is an encoder for measuring yarn length. It measures the length of a yarn fed from a carrier to needles of the needle bed.
  • a rotary encoder may be used as an encoder 36. For instance, it may be located between a side tension and a carrier of the flat knitting machine. Feeding of the yarn rotates the rotary encoder to measure the yarn length. Any encoder may be used as an encoder 36 provided that the encoder can measure the yarn length fed.
  • 38 and 40 are drives. When a command is given by the CPU 18, the drive 38 will activate the stitch cam adjustment motor 34.
  • the drive 40 transfers the data of the encoder 36 to the CPU 18.
  • One pair of encoders 36 are provided, for example, on both the right and left ends of the flat knitting machine. Encoders 36, however, may be installed only on one end of the machine, for instance, on the left end. In Fig. 1, the areas enclosed by chain lines correspond to the yarn length control device. Other parts are common parts of the flat knitting machine.
  • Fig. 2 shows a flat knitting machine 50 which is provided with the yarn length control device 2.
  • 52 is a needle bed.
  • a pair of needle beds, front and back, are actually used, but here only the front needle bed is illustrated.
  • the possible number of needle beds is not limited to two. Four beds, six beds, etc. may be used.
  • 54 and 55 are, for example, a pair of carriages that travel over the needle beds. The carriages may be driven, for example, by a belt drive system.
  • a pair of carriages 54 and 55 may be connected directly to each other and driven together. Or they may be separated from each other and driven as two carriages independent to each other. Carriages 54, 55 may be reduced to one carriage.
  • 56 is a carrier for feeding a yarn to a needle bed.
  • 60 is a cone for feeding a yarn to a carrier 56.
  • a yarn from a cone 60 is fed, for example, through a top tension assembly 62, a side tension assembly 64 and said encoder 36, to a carrier 56.
  • encoders 36, 36 are provided on both the right end and the left end of the flat knitting machine 50. However, an encoder, for example, the encoder 36 on the right end, may be eliminated.
  • Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of stitch cams 70 for one carriage.
  • the carriage 54 has, for example, four cam locks 71.
  • eight stitch cams 70 are arranged on the front bed (F) side and four cams on the back bed (B) side.
  • a stitch cam 70 on the left side of each cam lock 71 is actuated.
  • a stitch cam 70 on the right side of each cam lock 71 is actuated.
  • Each of eight stitch cams 70 is provided with a stitch cam adjustment motor 34, and the value of each stitch cam 70 is adjusted whenever the direction of travel of carriages 54 and 55 is switched over.
  • Memories 24, 26 and 28 are made to store, as shown on the left of Fig. 3, for each stitch cam 70, stitch cam adjustment data for the representative yarn of the rib part and stitch cam adjustment data for the representative yarn of the intarsia part. In addition to them, the memories are made to store adjustment data J, Dl and Dt.
  • a garment 80 to be knitted is schematically shown in Fig. 4.
  • the garment 80 is, for example, a front body of a sweater.
  • 82 is a rib part, and 84 is an intarsia part. All the garment except the rib part 82 is to be intarsia-knitted.
  • Marks A through F indicate kinds of yarns to be used for the respective parts. Of these yarns, yarns C, D and F with an asterisk are yarns of the right feeding to be fed by the encoder on the right side of the flat knitting machine 50. Other yarns A, B and E are of the yarns of the left feeding to be fed by the encoder on the left side.
  • a garment means any major part of one cloth, such as the front body, the back body, the right and left sleeves. When the respective parts are to be knitted continuously, such as is the case of a whole garment, it literally means one whole cloth.
  • Fig. 5 through Fig. 10 an embodiment of the method of controlling the yarn length is shown.
  • the data consist of a pattern data file 10, a loop length file 12, etc.
  • the pattern data file 10 data such as the movements of the carriages 54, 55 and the rackings of the needle bed 52 are designated for every knitting course.
  • the loop length file 12 the loop length for every knitting course is designated.
  • the pattern data file 10 is stored in the pattern data memory 14, and the loop lengths of the loop length file 12 are converted, with reference to the look up table 32, into stitch cam values of the stitch cams 70, and the values are stored in the stitch cam data memory 16.
  • Necessary data for yarn length control prior to knitting are stitch cam adjustment values for the respective stitch cams 70 for the representative yarns A and E, the adjustment value J between the left feeding yarn and the right feeding yarn, and when double knitting is made, the adjustment values for double knitting, Dl and Dt.
  • the default value for the adjustment value J is 2 %.
  • the default values for the adjustment values Dl and Dt are -1 and 2 in terms of stitch cam adjustment value; they are approximately -1 % and 2 % in terms of a change in the loop length. Values J, Dl and Dt are stored in the memory for constants 32.
  • the loop length tends to get longer.
  • the default value was set so that the loop length would be reduced by 1 %.
  • the loop length tends to get shorter.
  • the default value was set so that the loop length would be increased by 2 %.
  • the adjustment values J, Dl and Dt are to be measured actually.
  • Fig. 6 shows the routine for computing the adjustment value J between the left feeding yarn and the right feeding yarn.
  • One kind of yarn is selected from the yarns of the left feeding, and one kind of yarn is selected from the yarns of the right feeding. Then with one common stitch cam value for these selected yarns, several courses are knitted.
  • the carriage 54 travels from the left to the right.
  • the yarns of the left feeding are pull-knitted, and the yarns of the right feeding are push-knitted.
  • the yarns of the right feeding are pull-knitted, and the yarns of the left feeding are push-knitted.
  • the loop length for push-knitting differs from that for pull-knitting.
  • the loop length for push-knitting is generally longer by about 2 % than that for pull-knitting. Hence this value was selected as the default value. This is because the direction of the tension in the yarn relative to the loop formation direction for push-knitting is opposite to that for pull-knitting.
  • the yarn length consumed by push-knitting courses and that consumed by pull-knitting courses are measured. The differences are calculated, and the differences are averaged. The difference thus obtained is divided by the yarn length, for example, the yarn length for pull-knitting courses to obtain the adjustment value J between the right feeding yarn and the left feeding yarn.
  • the yarn length control device 2 asks the user to designate the representative yarns through the interactive input/output device 20.
  • the representative yarns are the yarn E to be used for the rib part 82, and one kind of yarn, for example, the yarn A, to be used for the intarsia part 84.
  • the selection of a representative yarn for the intarsia part 84 is discretionary. For instance, in the garment 80 of Fig. 4, the yarns E and F are used much more than the yarn A through D, but the yarn A was selected as the representative yarn for the intarsia part 84.
  • the memory 32 stores the selection data by converting the data into the numbers of carriers 56 corresponding to the yarns A, E or the numbers of slots through which the yarns A, E are passed at the encoders 36. Moreover, the yarn length control device 2 asks the user whether the adjustments with the above-mentioned J, Dl and Dt are needed or not.
  • the loop length routine is carried out for every representative yarn.
  • the representative yarn A is designated for the intarsia part 84
  • the representative yarn A is used to make jersey knitting by several courses for each cam lock 71.
  • the loop length in the knitting process is actually measured by the encoder 36, and the difference between the measured value and the specified yarn length is determined.
  • the stitch cam adjustment motor 34 is actuated to make the difference converge, for example, within plus minus 1 %.
  • the stitch cam value is determined.
  • the difference between the determined stitch cam value and the specified loop length being converted, with reference to the look up table 30, into a stitch cam value is the stitch cam adjustment value.
  • the dispersion of each stitch cam 70 can be adjusted by obtaining the stitch cam adjustment value.
  • the stitch cam adjustment value thus obtained is stored in the memory 24 as the initial value of the stitch cam adjustment value.
  • the stitch cam adjustment value is stored for every stitch cam 70.
  • the representative yarn E for the rib part 82 is rib-knitted by about several courses for every cam lock 71 to determine stitch cam adjustment values for the rib part 82.
  • the adjustment values are stored in the memory 24.
  • the algorithm of Fig. 7 is used to determine adjustment values Dl, Dt for double knitting.
  • the yarns A, B are used to make double-knitting by about several courses.
  • stitch cam values are determined with which the loop length is substantially the same with that of the single knitting case.
  • the differences in stitch cam values from those of the single knitting case are adjustment values Dl , Dt.
  • a standard garment is knitted.
  • the yarn E is used to knit the rib part 82, and the stitch cam adjustment value is determined by the loop length routine based on the representative yarn E.
  • the intarsia part 84 is knitted with the yarns A through F; the stitch cam adjustment value, which was determined by the loop length routine based on the representative yarn A, is used.
  • SO is a loop length found in the loop length file and converted into a stitch cam value.
  • C is the stitch cam adjustment value for the representative yarn A.
  • J is the adjustment value between right feeding yarn and left feeding yarn.
  • the formula (1) is applied to courses in which the carriages 54, 55 travel from the left to the right.
  • the gists of the formulas (1), (2) are that the stitch cam adjustment value C based on the representative yarn A is applied to all the courses, and that the stitch cam adjustment value is changed by J depending on the travelling direction of carriages 54, 55.
  • the changes in loop length due to the travelling direction of carriages 54, 55 are dispersed into the loops of right feeding yarns and the loops of left feeding yarns; as a result, the errors become inconspicuous.
  • the adjustment in the formula (2) there is no need of using the exact value of J. For instance, a value in the range from 0.5 J to 1.5 J may be used.
  • the adjustment is given when the carriages 54, 55 travel to the left. The adjustment, however, may be given when the carriages travel to the right or when the carriages travel to the right and to the left.
  • the courses are knitted by adding Dl on the leading side, and Dt on the tailing side, to the stitch cam values determined by the formulas (1), (2).
  • Triple knitting and further knittings are treated in a similar manner, and in the case of triple knitting, three adjustment values are used; Dl (leading), Dm (middle) and Dt (tailing).
  • Fig. 9 shows the knitting algorithm for the subsequent garments.
  • This algorithm is identical to the algorithm for the standard garment in that while one garment is knitted the stitch cam adjustment value C is not adjusted and the target of knitting is to knit a garment identical to the standard garment. It has been confirmed by knitting the standard garment that dispersions of multiple stitch cams 70 are adjusted by the loop length routine and under this condition a desirable garment can be obtained. If the standard garment is not satisfactory, for example, when an inadequate garment is produced because the yarn A is used as the representative yarn and other yarns are neglected, the knitting conditions should be altered to knit another standard garment; this process should be continued till a satisfactory standard garment is produced. The present inventor found that in the course of knitting one garment, changes in the conditions of stitch cams 70 are small and it is sufficient, after knitting one garment, to readjust the stitch cam adjustment values.
  • stitch cam adjustment values are not updated, and after knitting the garment, if the yarn length shifts by plus minus 1 % or over from the target, the stitch cam adjustment value C is readjusted with reference to the look up table 30 and the next garment is knitted.
  • the yarn length to be used here for example, for the rib part 82, the total yarn length for that part is used to update the stitch cam adjustment values (r1 through r8) for the rib part 82.
  • the total yarn length for the part or the yarn length of the representative yarn A is used to update the stitch cam adjustment values (C1 through C8) for the intarsia part 82.
  • the yarn length may be stored, for example, for the intarsia part 84, the yarn length of every section of a certain size, for example, 100 meters or over in yarn length, may be compared with that of a corresponding section of the standard garment to update the stitch cam adjustment values (C1 through C8).
  • updating the stitch cam adjustment values (C1 through C8) after knitting one garment better prevents changes in loop size due to changes in stitch cam adjustment values within one garment; thus variations in loop size within one garment can be made smaller.

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  1. Verfahren zur Garnlängensteuerung in einer Flachstrickmaschine mit einem Nadelbett (52), einem Schlitten (54, 55) mit einer Anzahl von Stich- bzw. Stricknocken (70), und einer Anzahl von Trägern (56) zum Zuführen von Garn zu den Nadeln des Nadelbettes, umfassend das Zuführen einer Anzahl von Garnen von den Trägern zu den Nadeln zum Stricken eines Kleidungsstückes mit Schlittenverläufen, bei denen ein einzelner Stichnokken eine Anzahl von Stich- bzw. Strickreihen strickt, wobei das Verfahren die folgenden Stufen umfaßt:
    eine erste Stufe, in welcher ein Standard-Kleidungsstück hergestellt wird, wobei während der ersten Stufe Standarddaten, welche charakteristischen Eigenschaften der Strickmaschine während der Herstellung und einer der Maschine zugeführten Garnmenge entsprechen, gespeichert werden,
    eine zweite Stufe, in welcher ein nächstes, dem Standard-Kleidungsstück ähnliches Kleidungsstück hergestellt wird, wobei während der zweiten Stufe Daten, welche charakteristischen Eigenschaften der Maschine und der der Maschine zugeführten Garnmenge während der Herstellung des nächsten Kleidungsstückes entsprechen, mit den gespeicherten Standarddaten verglichen werden, wobei die Garnmenge auf der Grundlage eines derartigen Vergleichs gesteuert wird,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
    das Verfahren ferner die folgenden Schritte in der ersten Stufe umfaßt:
    a: einen Schritt der Auswahl wenigstens eines Garnes (A, E) aus der oben erwähnten Anzahl von Garnen als repräsentatives Garn;
    b: einen Schritt der Bestimmung der Stichnockenbedingungen für das ausgewählte repräsentative Garn zum Stricken mit der gewünschten Garnlänge;
    c: einen Schritt des Strickens des Standard-Kleidungsstückes unter den bestimmten Stichnockenbedingungen und des Speicherns der für das Standard-Kleidungsstück verwendeten Garnlänge;
    die zweite Stufe ferner die folgenden Schritte umfaßt:
    d: einen Schritt des Strickens des nächsten Kleidungsstückes unter den gleichen Stichnockenbedingungen wie denjenigen für das Standard-Kleidungsstück, des Messens der für das nächste Kleidungsstück verwendeten Garnlänge, des Vergleichens der gemessenen Garnlänge mit derjenigen des Standard-Kleidungsstückes und der Aktualisierung der Stichnockenbedingungen, so daß die Garnlänge mit derjenigen des Standard-Kleidungsstückes übereinstimmen würde;
    e: einen Schritt des Strickens eines weiteren nächsten Kleidungsstückes unter den aktualisierten Stichnockenbedingungen, des Messens der für das Kleidungsstück verwendeten Garnlänge, des Vergleichs der gemessenen Garnlänge mit derjenigen des Standard-Kleidungsstückes und der Aktualisierung der Stichnockenbedingungen, so daß die Gamlänge mit derjenigen des Standard-Kleidungsstückes übereinstimmt; und
    f: einen Schritt des Wiederholens des genannten Schrittes e.
  2. Verfahren zur Garnlängensteuerung in einer Flachstrickmaschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Kleidungsstück einen gerippten Teil (82) und andere Teile (84) als das gerippte Teil aufweist, und wenigstens ein Garn als repräsentatives Garn für den gerippten Teil ausgewählt wird, und ein Garn als repräsentatives Garn für die anderen Teile (84) ausgewählt wird.
  3. Verfahren zur Garnlängensteuerung in einer Flachstrickmaschine nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Gesamtgarnlänge des gerippten Teils (82) und die Gesamtgarnlänge der anderen Teile (84) als die oben erwähnte verwendete Garnlänge verwendet werden.
  4. Verfahren zur Garnlängensteuerung in einer Flachstrickmaschine nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Gesamtgarnlänge des gerippten Teils und die Garnlänge eines repräsentativen Garns der anderen Teile als die oben erwähnte verwendete Garnlänge verwendet werden.
  5. Verfahren zur Garnlängensteuerung in einer Flachstrickmaschine nach irgendeinem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das oben erwähnte repräsentative Garn und einige der übrigen aus der Anzahl der Garne Nadeln von einem Ende des Nadelbettes zugeführt werden, und andere Garne Nadeln von dem anderen Ende des Nadelbettes zugeführt werden, und
    daß die Stichnockenbedingungen derart angepaßt werden, daß die verwendete Garnlänge zunimmt, wenn der Schlitten sich von dem oben erwähnten anderen Ende zu dem einen Ende bewegt, und nicht, wenn der Schlitten sich von dem einen Ende zu dem anderen Ende bewegt.
  6. Verfahren zur Garnlängensteuerung in einer Flachstrickmaschine nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die oben erwähnte Flachstrickmaschine durch Zuweisung einiger der oben erwähnten Stichnocken zu Führungsnocken und einiger der oben erwähnten Stichnocken zu Nachlaufnocken zweifontourig stricken kann, die Stichnokkenbedingungen für einflächiges Stricken in dem oben erwähnten Schritt b bestimmt werden, Stichnockenanpassungsdaten für die Nachlaufnocken gespeichert werden, so daß die beim zweifontourigen Stricken verwendete Gamlänge im wesentlichen gleich der beim einflächigen Stricken verwendeten Garnlänge ist, und die Stichnockenbedingungen für die Nachlaufnokken durch Verwendung der gespeicherten Daten angepaßt werden, wenn das zweifontourige Stricken in den oben erwähnten Schritten c bis e durchgeführt wird.
  7. Garnlängensteuervorrichtung in einer Flachstrickmaschine mit einem Nadelbett (52), einem Schlitten (54, 55) mit einer Anzahl von Stichnocken (70) und einer Anzahl von Trägern (56) zum Zuführen von Garnen zu den Nadeln des Nadelbettes, wobei die Vorrichtung Speichermittel aufweist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vorrichtung ferner einen Speicher (32) zum Speichern von Daten wenigstens von einem einer Anzahl von Garnen, welches als repräsentatives Garn zugeführt werden soll,
    einen Speicher (16) zum Speichern von Stichnockenbedingungen zum Stricken mit einer gewünschten Garnlänge des oben erwähnten repräsentativen Garns,
    Garnlängenmeßmittel (36), wenigstens für das repräsentative Garn, zum Messen der Zufuhr des Garnes, und
    einen Speicher zum Speichern der durch die Garnlängenmeßmittel bestimmten Garnlänge, aufweist.
  8. Garnlängensteuervorrichtung in einer Flachstrickmaschine nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vorrichtung ferner einen Speicher (26) zum Speichern von Anpassungsdaten zur Zufuhr von Garnen von beiden Richtungen des Nadelbettes, und Anpassungsmittel (34) zum Anpassen der Stichnockenbedingungen gemäß der oben erwähnten Anpassungsdaten derart, daß, wenn der oben erwähnte Schlitten sich in Richtung des Endes, von dem das repräsentative Garn zugeführt wird, bewegt, die verwendete Garnlänge relativ zu dem Fall, in dem sich der Schlitten in entgegengesetzter Richtung bewegt, erhöht wird, aufweist.
  9. Garnlängensteuervorrichtung in einer Flachstrickmaschine nach Anspruch 7 oder Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die oben erwähnte Flachstrickmaschine durch Zuweisung von einigen der oben erwähnten Stichnocken als Führungsnocken und einigen der oben erwähnten Stichnocken als Nachlaufnocken zweifontourig stricken kann,
    und die Vorrichtung ferner einen Speicher (28) zum Speichern von Stichnockenanpassungsdaten für die Nachlaufnocken, so daß die beim zweifontourigen Stricken verwendete Garnlänge im wesentlichen gleich der beim einflächigen Stricken verwendeten Garnlänge ist, und
    Zweifontourstrick-Anpassungsmittel zur Anpassung von Stichnockenbedingungen für die Nachlaufnocken durch Verwendung der gespeicherten Daten während der Durchführung des zweifontourigen Strickens, aufweist.
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