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1-13. Troubles and corrective measures (Sewing conditions)
Trouble
Cause
Corrective measures
Page
1. The needle
thread slips off
at the start of
bar-tacking.
①
Stitches are slipped at the start.
◦
Adjust the clearance between the needle
and the shuttle to 0.05 to 0.1 mm.
◦
Set soft-start sewing at the start of
bartacking.
②
The needle thread remaining on
the needle after thread trimming
is too short.
◦
Correct the thread tension release
timing of the thread tension controller
No. 2.
◦
Increase the tension of the thread
take-up spring, or decrease the tension
of the thread tension controller No. 1.
③
The bobbin thread is too short.
◦
Decrease the tension of the bobbin
thread.
◦
Increase the clearance between the
needle hole guide and the counter knife.
④
Needle thread tension at 1st
stitch is too high.
◦
Decrease the tension at 1st stitch.
⑤
Thread clamp is unstable
(material is apt to be expanded,
thread is hard to slide, thread is
thick, etc.).
◦
Decrease the number of rotation at
1st stitch at the sewing start. (Extent
of 600 to 1,000 rpm)
◦
Increase the number of stitches of
thread clamp to 3 to 4 stitches.
⑥
Pitch at 1st stitch is too small.
◦
Make the pitch at 1st stitch longer.
◦
Decrease the needle thread tension at
1st stitch.
2. Thread often
breaks or
synthetic fiber
thread splits
finely.
①
The shuttle or the driver has
scratches.
◦
Take it out and remove the scratches
using a fine whetstone or buff.
②
The needle hole guide has
scratches.
◦
Buff or replace it.
③
The needle strikes the
intermediate presser foot.
◦
Correct the position of the intermediate
presser foot.
④
Fibrous dust is in the groove of
the shuttle race.
◦
Take out the shuttle and remove the
fibrous dust from the shuttle race.
⑤
The needle thread tension is too
high.
◦
Reduce the needle thread tension.
⑥
The tension of the thread take-up
spring is too high.
◦
Reduce the tension.
⑦
The synthetic fiber thread melts
due to heat generated on the
needle.
◦
Use silicone oil.
⑧
When taking up thread, thread is
pierced with needle tip.
◦
Lower the needle bar height from the
engraved marker line by a half of the
line to as much as the line.
◦
Check the rough state of needle tip.
◦
Use the ball-pointed needle.
3. The needle
often breaks.
①
The needle is bent.
◦
Replace the bent needle.
②
The needle strikes the
intermediate presser foot.
◦
Correct the position of the intermediate
presser foot.
③
The needle is too thin for the
material.
◦
Replace it with a thicker needle
according to the material.
④
The driver excessively bends the
needle.
◦
Correctly position the needle and the
shuttle.
4. Threads are not
trimmed.
①
The counter knife is dull.
◦
Replace the counter knife.
②
The difference in level between
the needle hole guide and the
counter knife is not enough.
◦
Increase the bend of the counter knife.
③
The moving knife has been
improperly positioned.
◦
Correct the position of the moving
knife.
(Bobbin thread only)
④
The last stitch is skipped.
◦
Correct the timing between the needle
and the shuttle.
⑤
Bobbin thread tension is too low.
◦
In crease the bobbin thread tension.
⑥
Flopping of cloth
◦
Lower the intermediate presser height
of the last stitch.