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PARTSANDFUNCTI
ONSOFSI
NGLENEEDLELOCKSTI
TCHMACHI
NE

Thebasicstruct
ureoft
hemechani calsewi
ngmachinesi
sthesame—whetheri
tisahand-
oper
atedsewi ngmachi
ne,treadl
esewi ngmachi
neormotori
sedsewingmachi
ne.Sewing
machine:par
tsandthei
rfuncti
onsThebasicpar
tsofasewi
ngmachineare:

1.SPOOLPIN:isamet
alr
odpl
acedont
het
opoft
hemachi
nef
orcor
rectposi
ti
oni
ngoft
he
reel
ofthr
ead.

2.THREADGUIDE:Takesthethr
eadfr
om t
hespoolpi
ntot
heneedl
ethroughasmal
lhole.
Funct
ions:I
tholdst
hethr
eadinposit
ionf
rom t
hespoolt
otheneedl
e.Itsmoot
hensthe
thr
eadandprot
ectsi
tfr
om abr
asi
on.

3.TENSI ONDI SC:Itisacombinat

ionoftwoconcavedi
scspl
acedtoget
herwi
ththeconv
ex
sidesfacing.From spoolpi
n,t
hethreadpassest
hroughthet
hreadgui
de,t
henbetweent
he
tensi
ondi scstotheneedle.

Functi
ons:Tensiondiscscont
rolthedel
i
ver
yoftheuppert
hreadf
rom thespooltothe
needl
e.Thet ensionofthethreadisadj
ust
edbyaspr i
ngandnutwhichdecreasesor
i
ncreasesthepressur
e.

4.THREADTAKE- UPLEVER:Itisalev
erf i
ttedtothebodyofthear
mlocat
edabovethe
tensiondi
sc.Itr
ecei
vesit
supanddownmot ionfrom t
hefr
ontaxl
e.Att
heoutsi
deendof
thelever
,ther
eisasmall
holet
hroughwhichthethr
eadpasses.

Funct
ions:Thet
ake-
upl
everf
ir
stl
oosenst
het
opt
hreaddur
ingt
hest
it
chf
ormat
ion,and
t
henr
emov
esanysl
ackt
osetorl
ockt
hest
it
ch.

5.NEEDLEBAR:
Iti
samet
alr
odt
ohol
dtheneedl
eatoneendwi
tht
hehel
pofacl
amp.

Funct
ions:I
tsmai
nfunct
ioni
stogi
vemot
iont
otheneedl
e.

6.PRESSERFOOT:(FUNCTIONS)I ti
sadet
achabl
edev
icef
orholdi
ngthemat
eri
ali
nplace
onthefeeddogwhil
esti
tchi
ng.Thi
sdevi
cei
snotusedwhenat
tachmentsf
ort
ucks,r
uffl
es
orembroider
yar
eused.

7.PRESSERFOOTLI FTER:ist hel

everat
tachedtothepr esserbar(
locat
edinsi
det
heface
plat
e)tocont
rolt
heupanddownmov ementofthepresserfoot.I
tmustalwaysbel
i
ftedup
totakeoutt
hemat er
ial
from t
hemachine.

8.STI
TCHREGULATOR:
cont
rol
sthel
engt
hoft
hest
it
ch.

9.BOBBINWINDER:Itisadevi
cewhichhel
psinwindi
ngt hebobbi
n(l
ocatedi
nsi
det
hesl
i
de
pl
ate)pr
oper
ly.Thet
hreadpassest
hroughi
tti
ght
lyorloosely
,asdesi
red.

10.FLYWHEEL:(orbalancewheel
)isaroundwheell
ocat
edattheupperri
ghtoft
hesewi
ng
machine.Thi
sismadet orevolv
et hemachine.I
tcontrol
sthemot i
onoft hemachi
ne
manuall
yorel
ect
rical
l
y.

11.SLI
DEPLATE:i
sarect
angul
arpl
ate,whi
chf
aci
l
itat
est
her
emov
aloft
hebobbi
ncase
wit
houtl
if
ti
ngt
hemachi
net
op.

12.NEEDLEPLATEORTHROATPLATE:I
tisasemi
-ci
rcul
ardi
scwi
thahol
etoal
l
owt
he
needl
etopasst
hroughi
t.

Funti
on:Thefundamentalpur
poseofthispl
ateistoprovi
dealevel
l
edsurf
acefort
he
materi
alandt
opreventt
hedustfr
om ent
eri
ngt
heinnerpar
tsoft
hesewi
ngmachi
ne.

13.FEEDDOG:consi
stsofasetofteethf
it
tedbel
owtheneedl
epl at
e.Whenthemachi
nei
s
i
nmot ion,t
hef
eedmov esupwar
ds,thusadvanci
ngt
hemat er
ialaseachsti
tchi
smade.I
t
hel
pstomov et
hemateri
alf
orwar
dwhi l
esewing.

14.FACEPLATE:i
sacov er
,whi
chwhenremov
ed,gi
vesaccesst
otheoi
l
ingpoi
ntsont
he
needl
ebar
,pr
esserbarandt
ake-
upl
ever
.
15.ARM :i
sahor
izont
alpar
toft
heheadt
hathousest
hedr
iveshaf
ts.

16.CHECKSPRING :i
sasmal lwi
respr
ingbehindoratthetopofthetensi
ondiscs.I
t
prov
idesal
i
ttl
eamountoft
ensi
ononthet
hreadoftheneedl
eandact
sashockabsor
ber.

17.SLACKTHREADREGULATOR:i
samet
alhookneart
het
ensi
ondi
scs.

18.BOBBINCASE:i sfi
xedint heshuttl
ecaseplacedint hebottom chamber(theholl
ow
spaceunderthesli
depl
ate)ofthesewingmachineandmov esi
ntoposit
iontocatcht
hetop
thr
eadandf ormthesti
tchastheneedl ei
slower
edi nt
ot hebobbincase.Thelowertensi
on
ofthethr
eadcanbeadj ust
ed(byl ooseni
ngorbyt i
ghtening)byasmal lscr
ewf i
xedonthe
bobbi
ncase.

19.CLUTCH ORTHUMBSCREW :isint

hecent
reoft
hef
lywheelandi
tengagesand
di
sengagest
hest
it
chi
ngmechani
sm.

20.RUBBERRING:isari
ngont hebobbinwinderwhichcomesincont
actwi
ththenutoft
he
bal
ancewheel.Thi
sshoul
dneverbeal l
owedt obecomeoi l
y,asi
twil
lmakeitsl
ipper
yand
wil
lnotbeabl
etomakepropercontactwit
hthebalancewheel.

21.BOBBI
N WINDERTENSION :angl
eisadev
icesi
tuat
edneart
hebobbi
nwi
nderwhi
ch
hel
pstowi
ndthebobbi
nev
enly
.

22.NEEDLECLAMP:i
sascr
ewt
hati
sti
ght
enedt
ohol
dtheneedl
einposi
ti
on.

23.HANDLEDRIVER:
i
sat
tachedt
othehandl
eat
tachmentoft
hemachi
neandhel
pst
o
dri
vei
twi
thhand.

24.SHUTTLE:hol dsthebobbincaseandmovestofor
mthel
oopast
hemachi
nei
s
oper
ated.I
tisf
it
tedbel
owthefeeddogort
oit
slef
tsi
de.
 25.TREADLEDRI VE:isalar
gewheellocatedundertheboardi
nthetreadl
emachine.I
tis
connectedtothebal
ancewheelwit
haleatherbel
t.Asitr
otat
es,
thepoweristr
ansmit
tedto
thebalancewheelbyt
heleat
herbel
t.

26.TREADLE:isthefootr
estatt
hebaseoft
het
readl
emachi
newhi
chi
spr
essedwi
tht
he
feett
ooperat
ethetr
eadlemachi
ne.

27.PRESSUREREGULATI NGSCREW :i st hescr

ew abovethepr
esserbar,whi
chcanbe
ti
ght
enedt oincr
easethepr
essureonthefabri
cwhenstit
chi
ngwit
hfine/l
ight
weightf
abr
ic
andloosenedtoaccommodatethi
ckfabr
ic.

TECHNOLOGI
CALDEVELOPMENTI
NSEWI
NGMACHI
NES

1.ONEMACHI
NEFORALLFABRI
CTYPES!

Traditi
onall
yal l sewingmachi nesar ecl assifi
edi ntot hr
eecat egor i
es:l
ight -
dut y
,medium- duty
andheav y-dut yandsomet i
me‘ extraheav y’.Thecat egorizationi sbasedonGSM off abri
c;
l
ightertheGSM off abric,
lightdut ymachi net obeusedandsoon.Howev er,mostfactories
maki ngfashi ongar ment( unli
keashi rtort rouserspeci alisedf actory)usedt obuymedi um duty
toremai nflexibleinuseoff abrics,sot hatt heycanuseei therlightorheav ymat eri
alinsame
machi newi thoutmaj orqual it
yandoper ational hurdle.Weal readyhav emachi neswith
adjustment st ousewi thv ari
ousf abrict ypes, therebyof feri
ngenor mousf lexi
bili
tyt
ouser slike
theKansai Speci al
RX-9803Ser iesCy linderBedFl atLockMachi neforBot tom Hemmi ngand
Vetronf r
om Xi ’anTy pi
cal.Flexibil
ityinconv entional sewingmachi neusei sal soseenwi dening
theiruseintot hedecor ationfield.Bei tsequent ialandpr ogrammabl esequi nsewndesi gns,
diff
erenteffect sachievedbymul ti
-needl echai nstit
chmachi nes, multi
-colourandmul t
i-
stit
ch
typeov erl
ockandf latlockmachi nes,thr ee-holeorsi x-holebut tonsewi ngandmanymor e.

2.SELF-
HEALI
NGSEWI
NGMACHI
NE!

Machi nedownt imei soneoft hemostnot ori

ousr easonsbehindlowereffici
ency .Nowaday s
machi nesar emadewi thlessnumberofmov ableparts,
mor eofmodularpl at
form,
i
nterchangeablepar ts,andreplaceablecomponent saimingtomaket hemachi neinr unni
ng
conditioninquickestpossibletimedur i
ngabr eakdown.Commonpl atf
orm sewi ngmachi ne
development( M- Typefrom DuerkoppAdl erandVet r
onf r
om Typical
)willenableuseof
exchangeabl ecommonpar tsbet weendiffer
entmachi netypesandtherebybr eakingt heage-ol
d
tr
aditi
onofspeci al
i
sedmachi neengineersforspecialmachines.(Tr
adi
tionall
yf orlocksti
tch
andov erlocksmechani csatbasi cl
evelisenough, howeverfor
buttonhole/butt
onsew/ bart
ack/speci
almachinet
herear edi
ff
erentmechani
cs)
.Fewermoving
partsalsoreducedf ail
urerate,
easeofrepai
randlesserdownti
mel i
keAMF-Reeceeyel
et
buttonholemachi ne.Touchscreenbasedeasydiagnosticmodulear
ecommonf orhi
ghly
automat edwor kstat
ion.Verysoonwewi l
lseesel
f-heal
ingsewingmachinewhi
chwil
l r
epai
r
i
tselfafterbreakdown!

3.SEAM WELDI
NGWI
LLREPLACENEEDLE-
THREADSEWI
NG!

Althoughul t
rasoundseam wel di
ngt echnol ogyi st heref orqui tesomet i
me, itwasr estrictedto
non- apparel and/ orper f
ormanceout erwear .Apr econdi tionofwel dingf abricpar t
st oget heris
thepr esenceofat hermopl asticmat er i
al,eitherwi thinthef abr i
ci t
self,aswi thsy nthetic
mat er
ial
s, orbyt heuseofabondi ngt apebet weent het wof abri
clay ers,feedi ntot heseam asi t
i
sseal edtoget her ,
asr equiredbynat uralfibres.Howev erwi thimpr ov ementi ntechnol ogyand
wideraccept anceoff abrictypemor eandmor epr oductcat egor i
esar ebei ngmadeusi ng
ultrasoundwel dingt echnology .Thismet hodofconst ructionhasmanyadv ant agesf orcer t
ain
typesofgar ment sandPFAFFhast hemostpopul arser iesofwel dingmachi nes.I ti
swat erand
chemi cal proofast hemai nf abri
c, bacteriaandpat hogenr esistantandt herefor eisofgr eat
i
nt erestformi li
tar y
, medical,outdoor ,spor t
sandunder garment sandt echnical uses.The
ultrasonicpr ocesschannel shi ghfrequencyv i
brationswhi chcausear apidheatbui ld-upatt he
mat er
ialcont actpoi nt
.Thepr ocessi sv eryv ersati
leasamachi necanbepr ogr ammedt oseam,
cut ,sl
it,
tri
m, tack, emboss, orcutandseal simul taneousl y.Comi ngy ear swi l
l seemor eand
mor egarment sandot hersewnpr oduct sbei ngmanuf actur edbywel dingasopposedt osewi ng.

4.BOBBI
NCHANGI
NGI
SPASSE!

Automat i
cbobbinchanger s( ABC)wer edevel
opedwaybacki n1990’s.Al lt
heeffortto
populari
zeABCswasunsuccessf ulbecauseofhighcostandexcl usi
vit
yat t
achedt oit.Except
multiheadcomput eri
zedembr oiderymachi neotheruseofABCswer ediscont
inuedgr aduall
y.
Howev er,r
ecentl
yther eisarenewedi nter
estaboutABCsi npatter
nsewi ng,movinghead
sewingandaut omatedwor kstat i
ons, Juki
’sAVP-875Af orautomat i
cpocketset t
erf orjeansis
equippedwithanaut o-bobbinchanger .Pr
obablytheprovensuccessofdat atr
ansf eracross
sewingmachi neanduseofst and- upmodul ewithhighermachi netooper at
orrati
ohas
necessit
atedthejusti
f i
cati
onofABCt omaxi mi
zeneedl erunningtime.Asasuppl ementt oLean
phil
osophyorpr obablybeingpr omot edbyLeanpr otagonistasr emovalofnon-valuesaddi ng
acti
vit
yABCi sexpect edtocomebackwi t
habang.
5.MOVI
NGHEADSEWI
NGTOREPLACEMOVI
NGHANDOFOPERATOR!

Ji
gsewi ngtechniqueiscommonf orprof i
l
esewi ngofcomponent sov erthedecades.Howev er
overt heyearsmanual ji
gsewi ngtechniquei sgi
vingwayt ocomput er
izedpat terntacking
machi nes.Useofpat t
ernt ackingmachi nef orsmal lareaprof
ilesewing(e.g.Vel croattach,
crosst ack,etc.
)ormov i
ngheadsewi ngmachi nesf orlargeareaprofi
lesewi ng( patchpocket
attach,carairbagsewing,etc.)arebecomi ngcommonf orconsist
entqual i
tyandi mpr oved
product i
onov erti
me.Thesear egainingmoment um asanal t
ernati
vetodeski l
li
ngoft he
oper ati
ons,whichotherwiserequireskilledoperators.TheSPS/ HT-10050ASer iesfrom SunStar
andt hePr ogrammabler otati
ngheadsewi ngmachi nesfrom RodellaAutomat i
cMachi nes,are
someoft hemostpopul arones.Manoeuv ringoffabr i
ccomponentt obesewnr equiresskil
l
component ;wit
hsewingoper ator
sbecomi ngscar cecommodi tyi
fmachi net akesov ertheskil
l
componenti nfutur
ewhocompl ai
ns!