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Standard Adjustment
(10) Adjusting the height and clearance of the needle guard
1) For 1-needle or 2-needle overlock machine
Make needle guard
A
lightly come in contact with the top end of needle (bend needle by 0 to 0.05
mm) when the blade point of the lower looper reaches the needle center.
The clearance between needle guard
B
and the needle is 0.1 mm when the needle is at the lowest
point of its stroke.
The height of needle guard
B
is 1 mm from the throat plate bottom surface.
2) For safely stitch machine
The safely stitch machine has four needle guards,
A
,
B
,
C
and
D
. The needle guards
A
and
B
are
positioned in the same manner as those for the overlock machine.
The needle guard
C
should be positioned 5 mm below the throat plate bottom surface.
Needle guard
A
(Traveling needle guard)
Light
touch
the
needle
guard
A
Needle guard
B
Throat plate
1 mm
0.1 mm
B
B
C
D
Throat plate
5 mm
Lightly touches
0.1mm
1
2
3
2
3
4
5
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