FISCHBEIN
®
MODELS 100 & 101 EMPRESS™ SERIES SEWING HEAD
OPERATOR’S MANUAL
REV. H 2005 / 11
31
Mounting the Air Knife
1. Refer to
Illustration 31
. Mount the modified throat plate (
A
) to the sewing head using
the original three flat head screws through three of the holes (
U
).
2. The mounting block (
B, Illustration 31
) is mounted to the outside face of the pivot
knife bracket (
Illustration 32
) on the side of the housing. The four original screws are
removed and replaced with four 10-32 x 7/8” cap screws (
L, Illustration 31
).
3. The knife assembly is mounted to the block (
B
) with four M6 metric cap screws (
C
)
through the slotted holes in the support plate (
D
).
NOTE:
The air cylinder (O) will
have to be rotated to gain access to all four screws (C). The cylinder (O) can be
moved by removing cap screw (T). The slots provide for vertical adjustment for the
assembly. These screws only need to be
finger tight initially.
4. Move the throat plate mounting block (
E, Illustrations 31 and 33
) until it touches the
back of the throat plate. Move the assembly up and down until the tapped hole in the
mounting block (
E
) lines up with the countersunk slot in the throat plate (
A
). Secure
with an M4 metric flat head screw (
M
).
5. Tighten the four M6 socket head cap screws (
C
) and replace the air cylinder (
O
), with
cap screw (
T
).
6. Remove the side cover (
F
) and tighten the M4 metric flat head screw (
W
) that secures
the mounting block (
E
) to the fixed knife blade (
G
). (
Illustrations 31 and 33
)
7. Replace the cover (
F
).
NOTE
: The coil of the solenoid valve (
H
) is 110VAC.
8. Mount the outer cover on the rotary air knife assembly.
