Control Method of Pattern Loading For High Speed Double Needle Bar Warp Knitting Machine

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a control method of pattern loading for a high speed double needle bar warp knitting machine, and belongs to the technical field of warp knitting equipment. Through disposing two or more than two high speed FIFO pattern data cache regions on a shog controller, a data read-write conversion function of each cache region continuously and automatically is respectively realized. According to a current position of each guide bar, a target position of current shogging of an original pattern and a starting course position of a novel pattern, a control system of the double needle bar warp knitting machine automatically calculates a shogging displacement required by each guide bar in a pattern loading process, and sends out instruction information to a shog driving execution unit corresponding to each guide bar. In a respective underlapping interval allowed of each guide bar, the corresponding guide bar is respectively driven by the shog driving execution unit to respectively and precisely move to the starting course position of the novel pattern to complete the electronic shogging pattern loading. Needle collision caused by guide bar shogging during pattern loading is avoided. Pattern loading steps of the double needle bar warp knitting machine are simplified; the work intensity is reduced; and the work reliability is improved.

Claims

1. A control system of a high speed double needle bar warp knitting machine, comprising a shog controller, wherein the shog controller comprises at least two data cache regions, and is able to realize a data read-write conversion function of each cache region continuously and automatically, and the control system realizes fast pattern loading; wherein when the control system carries out novel pattern loading, shogging plan data of a novel pattern is calculated according to machine main cam-shaft position information and novel pattern data to be loaded, and the shogging plan data of the novel pattern comprises data of a resetting curve required during novel pattern loading and a shogging curve of the novel pattern; wherein the shog controller is able to load the novel pattern: the shogging plan data of the novel pattern is respectively written into the at least two data cache regions; and wherein the shog controller is able to send out a motion instruction to guide bar shog driving execution units of the warp knitting machine according to the shogging plan data in the data cache regions, so as to realize knitting continuously during novel pattern loading.

2. A method of using the control system of the high speed double needle bar warp knitting machine of claim 1, comprising: calculating the shogging plan data of the novel pattern according to the machine main cam-shaft position information and the novel pattern data to be loaded; loading the novel pattern by the shog controller: respectively writing the shogging plan data of the novel pattern into the at least two data cache regions; and sending out the motion instruction by the shog controller to the shog driving execution units of the warp knitting machine according to the shogging plan data in the data cache regions, so as to realize knitting continuously during novel pattern loading.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the calculating the shogging plan data of the novel pattern according to the machine main cam-shaft position information and the novel pattern data to be loaded is completed by a warp knitting machine control computer, and then the warp knitting machine control computer sends the calculated shogging plan data of the novel pattern to the shog controller; and the loading the novel pattern by the shog controller comprises: writing, by the shog controller, the data of the resetting curve required during novel pattern loading into one cache region of the shog controller, and writing the data of the shogging curve of the novel pattern into the other cache region of the shog controller.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the calculating the shogging plan data of the novel pattern according to the machine main cam-shaft position information and the novel pattern data to be loaded is completed by the shog controller, and comprises: reading the machine main cam-shaft position information by the shog controller, wherein the main cam-shaft position information comprises a current position of each guide bar; sending the novel pattern data by the control system to the shog controller, wherein the novel pattern data comprises a starting course position of the novel pattern; reading a target position of current shogging of an original pattern by the shog controller; calculating, by the shog controller, a shogging parameter required by each guide bar to transversely move to a novel pattern starting position according to the current position of each guide bar, the target position of current shogging of the original pattern and the starting course position of the novel pattern, generating a resetting curve required during novel pattern loading according to a lapping interval allowed given by the control system and guide bar shogging rule requirements, and then, writing the data of the resetting curve into one cache region of the shog controller; and calculating the data of the shogging curve of the novel pattern by the shog controller according to the novel pattern data, and writing the data into the other cache region of the shog controller.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the writing the data of the shogging curve of the novel pattern into the other cache region of the shog controller comprises: comparing a total number m of courses of the novel pattern and the number k of pattern courses capable of being written into the other cache region of the shog controller at one time; if mk, writing the data of the shogging curve generated from the whole pattern data into the other cache region of the shog controller at one time; and if m>k, segmenting the whole pattern data, and writing the data of the shogging curve generated from first-segment pattern data into the other cache region of the shog controller.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the segmenting the whole pattern data comprises: segmenting the whole pattern data according to the number of courses corresponding to the courses of each segment being k, and enabling the number of courses of the final segment to be k.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein when m>k, if the shog controller only comprises two data cache regions, after the data of the resetting curve in one cache region of the shog controller is read, the data of the shogging curve generated from the rest segments of pattern data is written into this cache region, and writing is performed on the two cache regions cyclically and repeated until all of the data of the shogging curve generated from the pattern data is written into the cache region; and if the shog controller comprises more than two data cache regions, the data of the shogging curve generated from the rest segments of pattern data is capable of being directly written into other cache regions, if other cache regions are incapable of accommodating write-in of all of the data of the shogging curve generated from the pattern data, after the data written in each cache region is read, the data of the shogging curve generated from the rest segments of pattern data is sequentially written, and cyclically and repeated writing is performed until all of the data of the shogging curve generated from all of the pattern data is written into the cache region.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein before the shog controller reads the machine main cam-shaft position information, the method further comprises: inputting a novel pattern file into the control system, and performing process inspection on the novel pattern file.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein after the shog controller reads the machine main cam-shaft position information and before the control system sends the novel pattern data to the shog controller, the method further comprises: judging whether a position of a main cam-shaft of the warp knitting machine is located in a novel pattern loadable or not; and if a judging result shows that the position of the main cam-shaft is suitable for loading novel pattern, then continuing subsequent steps; and if the judging result shows that the position of the main cam-shaft is unsuitable for loading novel pattern, then the control system reminding an operator to inch the warp knitting machine.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

[0038] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical schemes of the examples of the disclosure, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the examples are briefly described below. It is obvious that the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some examples of the disclosure, and other accompanying drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the technique based on these accompanying drawings without any creative effort.

[0039] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a knitting action of a high speed double needle bar warp knitting machine.

[0040] FIG. 2 is a schematic structure diagram of a shogging control system of a double needle bar warp knitting machine.

[0041] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a pattern loading control flow chart of a double needle bar warp knitting machine.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0042] In order to make the objectives, technical schemes and advantages of the disclosure clearer, the examples of the disclosure will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Example 1

[0043] The present example provides a control system of a high speed double needle bar warp knitting machine realizing fast pattern loading. The control system includes a shog controller. The shog controller at least includes two data cache regions, and additionally, the shog controller is able to realize a data read-write conversion function of each cache region continuously and automatically. When the control system carries out novel pattern loading, shogging plan data of a novel pattern is calculated according to machine main cam-shaft position information and novel pattern data to be loaded, and the shogging plan data of the novel pattern includes data of a resetting curve required during novel pattern loading and a shogging curve of the novel pattern.

[0044] The shog controller loads the novel pattern: the shogging plan data of the novel pattern is respectively written into the at least two data cache regions included in the shog controller.

[0045] The shog controller sends out a motion instruction to shog driving execution units of the warp knitting machine according to the shogging plan data in the data cache regions, so as to realize knitting continuously during novel pattern loading.

[0046] According to a current position of each guide bar and a target position of a starting course of the novel pattern, the shog controller automatically calculates the shogging displacement required by each guide bar in the pattern loading process by the control system of the double needle bar warp knitting machine, and sends out instruction information to the shog driving execution unit corresponding to each guide bar. In the respective underlapping interval allowed of each guide bar, the corresponding guide bar is respectively driven by the shog driving execution unit to respectively and precisely move to the starting course position of the novel pattern to complete the electronic shogging pattern loading. Needle collision caused by guide bar shogging during pattern loading is avoided. Pattern loading steps of the double needle bar warp knitting machine are simplified; the work intensity is reduced; and the work reliability is improved.

Example 2

[0047] The present example provides a control method of pattern loading for a high speed double needle bar warp knitting machine. The method is applied to a high speed double needle bar warp knitting machine with the control system of the high speed double needle bar warp knitting machine realizing fast pattern loading provided by Example 1. Referring to FIG. 2, a shog controller of the control system of the double needle bar warp knitting machine should be provided with two or more than two high speed FIFO pattern data cache regions, and can realize a data read-write conversion function of each cache region continuously and automatically.

[0048] The method includes:

[0049] Shogging plan data of a novel pattern is calculated according to machine main cam-shaft position information and novel pattern data to be loaded. The shogging plan data of the novel pattern includes data of a resetting curve required during novel pattern loading and a shogging curve of the novel pattern.

[0050] The shog controller loads the novel pattern: the shogging plan data of the novel pattern is respectively written into the at least two data cache regions included in the shog controller.

[0051] The shog controller sends out a motion instruction to shog driving execution units of the warp knitting machine according to the shogging plan data in the data cache regions, so as to realize knitting continuously during novel pattern loading.

[0052] The operation of calculating the shogging plan data of the novel pattern according to the machine main cam-shaft position information and the novel pattern data to be loaded can be completed by a warp knitting machine control computer, and can also be completed by the shog controller.

[0053] When the above operation is completed by the warp knitting machine control computer, the warp knitting machine control computer calculates to obtain the shogging plan data of the novel pattern, and then sends the shogging plan data of the novel pattern to the shog controller; and the shog controller loads the novel pattern, including:

[0054] the shog controller writes the data of the resetting curve required during novel pattern loading into one cache region of the shog controller, and writes the data of the shogging curve of the novel pattern into the other cache region of the shog controller.

[0055] When the above operation is completed by the shog controller, the shog controller reads the machine main cam-shaft position information. The main cam-shaft position information includes a current position of each guide bar.

[0056] The control system of the warp knitting machine sends the novel pattern data to the shog controller. The novel pattern data includes a starting course position of the novel pattern.

[0057] The shog controller reads the target position of current shogging of an original pattern.

[0058] The shog controller calculates a shogging parameter required by each guide bar to transversely move to a novel pattern starting position according to the current position of each guide bar, the target position of the current shogging of the original pattern and the starting course position of the novel pattern, generates the resetting curve required during novel pattern loading according to a lapping interval allowed given by the control system of the warp knitting machine and the guide bar shogging rule requirements, and then, writes the data of the resetting curve into one cache region of the shog controller.

[0059] The shog controller calculates the data of the shogging curve of the novel pattern according to the novel pattern data, and writes the data into the other cache region of the shog controller.

[0060] The scheme of completing the operation of calculating the shogging plan data of the novel pattern according to the machine main cam-shaft position information and the novel pattern data to be loaded by the shog controller is illustrated below:

[0061] Through illustration by taking the shog controller including two data cache regions A and B as an example, after the end bit of the data in the cache region A is read, reading can be automatically switched to the starting bit of the cache region B. After the end bit of the data in the cache region B is read, reading can be automatically switched to the starting bit of the cache region A, and the operation is repeated in such a way.

[0062] The shog controller obtains a signal of main cam-shaft position and speed of the warp knitting machine through a main cam-shaft signal device, respectively calculates and plans the shogging plan data (stored in the pattern data cache regions of the control system of the warp knitting machine) of each guide bar according to the novel pattern data, sends out instruction information to the shog driving execution unit, and drives the corresponding guide bar to shogging respectively and precisely. The shogging plan data of the novel pattern of each guide bar is respectively stored in the two cache regions A and B.

[0063] In order to ensure the uniformity and correctness of pattern data loading of the double needle bar warp knitting machine, during pattern loading, it is necessary that the main cam-shaft of the double needle bar warp knitting machine should be stopped at a position that all guide bars and guide needles thereon are in front of the needle hook side of the rear needle bar, i.e., an overlapping of the rear needle bar at this moment. And at this moment the front needle bar of the double needle bar warp knitting machine is in a lower position, and the rear needle bar is in the highest position, referring to a position near the position as shown in FIG. 1(1).

[0064] As shown in FIG. 3, when the double needle bar warp knitting machine starts to load a novel pattern, and after the control system of the double needle bar warp knitting machine inputs a novel pattern file, firstly, the pattern file is subjected to process inspection, if there is any process problem, modification will be submitted until the process inspection is passed. Then, the control system of the double needle bar warp knitting machine will read the current main cam-shaft position information of the warp knitting machine, and detects whether the current main cam-shaft position of the warp knitting machine stops in a position suitable for loading pattern or not. If not, the control system will remind to inch the machine to the position slowly. For example, it is suitable for loading a pattern when the main cam-shaft position of the warp knitting machine is near the position as shown in FIG. 1(1), and other positions are unsuitable for loading a pattern.

[0065] After the current main cam-shaft position of the warp knitting machine stops in the position suitable for loading a pattern, the control system of the double needle bar warp knitting machine will send novel pattern data to the shog controller, and the shog controller performs internal processing of the shogging data in two parts: Part 1, the shog controller calculates a shogging parameter required by each guide bar to transversely move to a novel pattern starting position according to the current position of each guide bar, the target position of current shogging and the starting course position of the novel pattern, generates the resetting curve required during pattern loading according to the lapping interval allowed given by the control system of the warp knitting machine and the shogging rule requirements, and then, writes the data of the resetting curve into the cache region A of the shog controller.

[0066] Part 2, the shog controller writes the data of the shogging curve generated according to the novel pattern data into the cache region B of the shog controller. Here, the operation includes two conditions: Condition 1, when the total courses of the pattern height m of the novel pattern is smaller, and the converted data of the shogging curve can be written into the cache region B of the shog controller at one time (the courses of the pattern height that can be written into the cache region B of the shog controller at one time is set to be k), i.e., when m<k, the data of the shogging curve generated from the whole pattern is written into the cache region B of the shog controller at one time.

[0067] Condition 2, when the total courses m of the novel pattern is greater, i.e., when m>k, the converted data of the shogging curve of the novel pattern needs to be segmented (the courses corresponding to the pattern height of each segment is k, and the pattern height of the final segment is <k), and only the data of the shogging curve generated from the first segment of pattern data is written into the cache region B of the shog controller.

[0068] Then, after writing of the data of the shogging curve of the novel pattern of the two cache regions is completed, inching buttons on the double needle bar warp knitting machine can put into use and receive an inching operation instruction, the main cam-shaft of the double needle bar warp knitting machine rotates (at this moment, the guide bars are in the overlapping position of the rear needle bar), the shog controller sends out overlap motion instruction information of the rear needle bar to shog driving execution units in an overlapping interval allowed of the rear needle bar of each guide bar, the corresponding guide bar is respectively driven to complete the overlapping of the rear needle bar.

[0069] During the guide bar swinging through the needles of rear needle bar to the needles of front needle bar, i.e., in the underlapping interval allowed of the front needle bar of each guide bar, the shog controller will continuously send underlap motion instruction information of the front needle bar to the shog driving execution unit, so as to respectively drive the corresponding guide bar to complete the underlap of the front needle bar. Hereto, the data of the resetting curve of the cache region A is completed, and the guide bar moves to the starting course position of the novel pattern.

[0070] Finally, after the guide bar swings through the needles of the front needle bar to its hook side, the shog controller automatically switches to read the cache region B, and the guide bar shogs according to the shogging plan data of the novel pattern, and the machine starts to knit the novel pattern. Herein includes:

[0071] Type 1, when the total courses m of the novel pattern is smaller (i.e., m<k), the shog controller will cyclically read the pattern data of the cache region B, the guide bars are driven to shog by the shog driving execution units, and novel pattern loading is completed.

[0072] Type 2, when the total courses m of the novel pattern is greater (i.e., m>k), and only the data of the first segment of pattern data of the novel pattern is written into the cache region B, the shog controller will write the next segment of data of the shogging curve closely following the cache region B into the cache region A while reading the pattern data of the cache region B, and switching to the cache region A automatically is performed after the shog controller completes reading the pattern data in the cache region B, at this moment, the next segment of data of the shogging curve closely following the cache region A is written into the cache region B while reading the data of the shogging curve of the cache region A, and the operation is repeated in such a way. After the novel pattern loading is completed, the double needle bar warp knitting machine can put into normal production.

[0073] It should be noted that the present example illustrates by taking the shog controller only including two cache regions as an example, when the shog controller includes more cache regions, for example, includes five cache regions A, B, C, D and E, the shog controller calculates the shogging parameter required by each guide bar to transversely move to the novel pattern starting position according to the current position of each guide bar, the target position of current shogging of the original pattern and the starting course position of the novel pattern, generates the resetting curve required during novel pattern loading according to the lapping interval allowed given by the control system of the warp knitting machine and the guide bar shogging rule requirements, and then, writes the data of the resetting curve into the cache region A of the shog controller.

[0074] A total courses m of the novel pattern and a pattern courses k capable of being written into all of the cache regions of the shog controller at one time are judged. If a judging result is m>k, the whole pattern data is segmented according to a principle that the courses corresponding to the pattern height of each segment is k. The data of the shogging curve generated from the first segment of pattern data is written into the cache region B of the shog controller, and the data of the shogging curve generated from the rest segments of pattern data is sequentially written into the cache regions C, D and E.

[0075] If the cache regions B, C, D and E are still incapable of accommodating write-in of the data of the shogging curve generated from all of the pattern data, after the data of the resetting curve in the cache region A is read, the data of the shogging curve generated from the rest segments of pattern data is continuously written in the cache region A. After the data of the shogging curve in the cache regions B, C, D and E is sequentially read, the data of the shogging curve generated from the rest segments of pattern data is sequentially written into the cache regions B, C, D and E, and cyclically and repeated writing is performed until all of the data of the shogging curve generated from all of the pattern data is written into the cache regions.

[0076] According to the control method of pattern loading for the double needle bar warp knitting machine provided by the disclosure, through disposing two or more than two high speed FIFO pattern data cache regions on the shog controller of the control system of the double needle bar warp knitting machine, the data read-write conversion function of each cache region continuously and automatically is respectively realized. According to the current position of each guide bar, the target position of current shogging of the original pattern and the starting course target position of the novel pattern, the shog controller automatically calculates the shogging displacement required by each guide bar in the pattern loading process by the control system of the double needle bar warp knitting machine, and sends out instruction information to the shog driving execution unit corresponding to each guide bar. In the respective underlapping interval allowed of each guide bar, the corresponding guide bar is respectively driven by the shog driving execution unit to respectively and precisely move to the starting course position of the novel pattern to complete the electronic shogging pattern loading. Needle collision caused by guide bar shogging during pattern loading is avoided. The problem of complicated pattern loading operation of the high speed double needle bar warp knitting machine is solved. The transmission mechanism of the rear needle bar does not need to be dismounted, so that the pattern loading convenience of the double needle bar warp knitting machine is improved, and the work reliability and production efficiency of the double needle bar warp knitting machine are greatly improved.

[0077] Some of the steps in the examples of the disclosure may be implemented through software, and corresponding software programs may be stored in a readable storage medium, such as an optical disk or a hard disk.

[0078] The foregoing descriptions are merely preferred examples of the disclosure, and are not intended to limit the disclosure. Any modification, equivalent substitution, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the disclosure shall fall within the protection scope of the disclosure.