Computer-controlled Lockstitch Buttonholing Machine

LBH-1700
The World's First
Introducing the World's First Electronic Buttonholing Machine,
marking the beginning of a new era.

● LBH-1700SA
IMPROVEMENTS OF SEWING PERFORMANCE
Needle thread tension controlled by active-tension.
(electronic thread-tension-control system)
• Needle thread tension for sewing parallel and bartacking sections of buttonholes
can be separately controlled through the operation panel and stored in memory
according to various sewing conditions (e.g., type of thread, type of material and
sewing speed).
• The machine is able to change the needle thread tensions at the parallel and
bartacking sections of the buttonhole, to produce a
beautiful buttonhole shape.
This capability helps greatly in preventing thread breakage.
• Needle thread tension is activated at the beginning and
end of sewing. This prevents unthreading of the needle
thread, and thread fraying that is likely to occur at the
beginning of sewing. Active tension

Feed mechanism using a stepping motor.

• The feed mechanism eliminates differences in stitch pitch between forward and
reverse feeds. This produces beautifully-shaped buttonhole.
• The feed mechanism achieves constant position stopping at the end of sewing.
• The feed mechanism allows the machine to sew exact square bartacks and exact
round tacks.
• The machine comes with an intermittent feed system to eliminate stitch skipping
or thread breakage due to needle swaying.
• The cloth cutting length (buttonhole length) can be easily changed at the operation panel.

Base line is controlled by a Tying stitches, soft start and speed

stepping motor.
• The zigzag width can be changed without having to use a
tool.
• The optimum clearance between the knife and the parallel
section of a buttonhole can be easily adjusted to prevent
the knife from cutting
the seam.
Stepping motor for
controlling base line.
Stepping motor for
controlling zigzag width.
control.
• The machine is capable of sewing
tying stitches at the end of sewing to
prevent the thread from fraying.
• With its soft-start function, the
machine is able to establish the
number of stitches and sewing speed
at the beginning of sewing to prevent
unthreading of the needle thread.
The sewing speed can be
independently controlled for the
first through fifth stitch.
• With the speed control function, the
sewing speed can easily be changed Slide speed
to a lower speed when sewing controller
difficult-to-sew material.

HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY
Reduction in The machine is able to perform cycle sewing.
cycle time.
• Three different cycle sewing programs can be registered, each of which can store
• The duration of low up to 15 different patterns in memory.
speed sewing, before • Data on needle thread tension, buttonholing length, stitching shape, etc., can be entered
the end of sewing, has to enable automatic changing according to a specific sewing condition.
been shortend. <Example> Men's shirt s : Change in the needle thread tension for sewing the first
button from the cuffs and change in button size for a button-down collar.
Ladies' wear : Change in buttonhole shape
Total productivity
is increased.
• The amount of time
required to change the
stitching shape and to
adjust the sewing size is
dramatically reduced at
the digital operation
panel.
HIGHER FLEXIBILITY
Many different buttonhole shapes can be selected on the operation panel.
The machine is provided as standard with seven different stitching shapes.
• New buttonholing shapes are added.
The machine is now able to sew
buttonholes with radial tacks and
those with larger-pitch tacks to offer
handstitch-like appearance.
• The machine is able to store as many Radial and Half-moon Radial, with Radial, with straight
Square and
as 89 different sewing patterns in Square＊ square＊ (round)＊ Radial
half-moon (round) taper bar bartacking
memory to permit the free selection. The buttonhole shapes marked with an asterisk (*) can be selected through the operation panel.

New basting stitch is available. Sewing conditions can

be easily changed on
• The newly adopted basting stitch is effective on elastic materials such as knits.
• The basting stitch helps prevent distortion when sewing knit or stretchy
the operation panel.
materials. • Using the operation panel, the
material cutting length, overedging
width, stitch pitch at the parallel
section of buttonholes, lateral-
position correction of bartacking
width, lateral-position correction of
knife groove width, and the
Without basting stitch With basting stitch clearance provided between the
(The state where the fabric is forcibly stretched knife groove and bartacks can
Basting stitch after the completion of sewing the buttonhole.) easily be changed.

Changeover between purl stitching Improved knife mechanism.

and whip stitching can be performed
• Cloth cutting knife can be easily turned on and off on the
easily on the operation panel. operation panel.
• The cloth cutting knife on/off feature is used in cases, such
as sham buttonholing, where the knife is not required to
operate.
• If the cloth cutting
knife remains in the
bottom position, the
machine
will stop.

Purl stitching Whip stitching

(When changing over the stitching mode from purl
stitching to whip stitching or vice-versa, thread eyelet
of bobbin case and bobbin thread tension may also be • Knife replacement is no longer necessary when changing
required to change depending to the stitching mode the buttonhole size.
selected.) • To support the small-lot production
system where the buttonholing size is
frequently changed or the cycle sewing
for buttonholes that are different in size,
Changeover between single the number of times the knife
stitching and double stitching is dropped to cut the material
can be easily performed. can be automatically establis-
hed according to the button-
• For double stitching, only the parallel portions of a holing size.
buttonhole will be stitched under the double • The knife supports a
stitching mode while skipping the bartacking cloth cuttinng length of
sections. This allows the bartacks of a button- up to 67mm. (Available
hole to remain soft. by special order)
Double stitching • With the knife mech-
anism, the machine is
capable of sewing seat
belt openings on baby
strollers and infant car
seats.

Shape of finished seam by

the first round of sewing. 67mm
EASY-TO-OPERATE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL OPERATION PANEL
All pieces of data on sewing specifications can be established/selected
on the operation panel.
●The operation panel permits hand-held manipulation. ●List of major functions of the operation panel
Item Function
Pattern No. Invokes patterns stored in memory.

Needle threading Moves the needle bar to the far right position
of its stroke when threading the needle.
UP counter
→To be used as the counter for the No. of pcs.
Counter
DOWN counter
→To be used as the bobbin thread counter.

Establishes thread tension for sewing parallel

Thread tension sections and bartacking sections of buttonholes.

Establishes data on detailed parts of the stitching

shape such as the overedging width,
Programming parallel-section stitch pitch, lateral position
of data on detailed correction of the bartacking groove, lateral position
stitching shape correction of the knife groove width, clearance,
and material-cutting width.

Selects one of seven stitching shapes.

Square*, radial and square*, half-moon (round)*,
Selection of radial, half-moon and radial, radial with taper bar,
stitching shape radial with straight bartacking(*Three of the seven
stitching shapes can be selected on the operation
panel by a simple, one-touch operation.)
Selection between Changes over between single stitching and
single/double stitching double stitching.
Performance of the
cloth cutting knife Enables and disables the knife operation.

Work clamp selection Selects the work clamp size.

Forward / backward
Moves the feed forward / backward stitch by stitch.
travel of feed
Change of sewing Changes the sewing speed with the slide speed
speed controller.

EASY MAINTENANCE
No tools required to
change the buttonhole size.
• The size of buttonhole to be sewn can be
changed at the operation panel without
the use of tools.
Error indicator on
the operation panel.
• The error indicator on the
operation panel allows repair
work to be done with ease.

Drastic reduction of the number of The machine offers a comfortable

mechanical parts. working environment.
• The machine no longer has a stop-motion mechanism • The machine is no longer equipped with a belt, stop-
and require no adjustment. motion mechanism or cam, and noise and vivration
• The independent knife drive mechanism eliminates the when dropping the knife has been greatly reduced.
need for adjustment of knife-dropping timing. • The needle can be moved to the far right position,
It also helps prevent troubles such as faulty away from
dropping or double dropping of the knife. the cloth
cutting knife,
by pressing
Direct-drive motor is adopted. the needle
threading
＊ The machine incorporates switch.
a direct-drive motor.
This means that motor
installation and belt
adjustment procedures
are not required at the
time of setup. Sewing position Needle bar to the
of needle bar far right position
LBH-1700 with an
auto-lifter.
The auto-lifter allows a single pedal switch
to be used not only for moving the work
clamp up and down, but also for starting
the machine. This makes operation more
comfortable by reducing the operator's
fatigue. Two types of auto-lifter are
available: the magnet-driven (B type) and
the air-driven (C type).

● LBH-1700SB(magnet-driven type)

■OPTIONS
First buttonhole spacing guide First buttonhole spacing guide
(for men's shirts) (for ladies' blouses)
Q060 Part No. : MAQ-06000-0A0 Q061 Part No. : MAQ-06100-0A0
A ruler used to place the first buttonhole at a A ruler used to place the first buttonhole at a
predetermined location on a men's shirts based predetermined location on a ladies' blouse
on the shape of the collar. based on the shape of the collar.

Buttonhole interval gauge

A ruler used to place the next buttonhole at a predetermined interval relative to the previously finished buttonhole.

For lateral buttonholes on the right front of the garment bodies Part No. : B9402-771-000
For lateral buttonholes on the left front of the garment bodies Part No. : B9402-771-00A
For vertical buttonholes Part No. : B9401-761-000

Electric bobbin winder

Can be mounted on the table for the operator’s convenience.
Electric bobbin winder (asm.) Part No. : G5001-198-0A0-A (1pc.)
Power cord (asm.) Part No. : M8524-600-0A0 (1 pc.)
Tension controller (asm.) Part No. : B3221-771-0A0 (1 pc.)
Wood screws Part No. : SK-3452000-SC (4 pcs.)

Thread tension control knob

The thread tension control knob is used to finely adjust the designated thread tension.

Thread tension control knob (asm.) Part No. : M8525-600-0B0 (1 pc.)

Pedal unit for standing work

2-pedal unit for standing work (asm.) Part No. : GPK-51001-0B0 (1 pc.)
Junction cable (asm.) Part No. : M9013-590-0A0 (1 pc.)
■SPECIFICATIONS
Max. sewing speed 3,600rpm
Needle bar stroke 34.6mm
Displayed at the digital operation panel
Knife size : 6.4 ∼ 31.8
Stitch pitch : 0.2 ∼ 0.7
Buttonhole length (mm)
Bartacking length : 0.7 ∼ 5.0
Bartacking width (max.) : 5.0
Knife groove width : 0 ∼ 1.5

Number of stitches Automatically computed from the size of the buttonhole and stitch pitch
Needle (at the time of delivery) DP×5 (＃11J) ＃11∼＃14J
Hook DP type, full-rotary hook
Lift of the work clamp Max. 12 mm
Material feeding method Intermittent feed by a stepping motor
Number of patterns that can be input Max. 89 patterns
Machine head drive system Compact AC servomotor (direct-drive system)
Power consumption 400VA
Lubrication Automatic
Lubricating oil JUKI New Defrix Oil No.1 (equivalent to ISO VG7)
Weight Machine head (include motor) 63kg, Control box 13.5kg

■WHEN YOU PLACE ORDERS

Please note when placing orders, that the model name should be written as follows:

［Machine head］ LB H -1700S □

Work clamp lifter Code
Standard (2-pedal unit) A*
Auto-lifter (magnet-driven type) B
Auto-lifter (air-driven type) C
*The auto-lifter cannot be retrofitted to the machine.

＊Accessories for the work clamp and knife

Part name Size/Part No. Accessory
Work clamp 1 Knife size: 6.4 ∼ 19.1mm Factory installed on machine head
Work clamp 2 Knife size: 6.4 ∼ 25.4mm Supplied as an accessory (1 pc.)
Work clamp 3 Knife size: 6.4 ∼ 31.8mm Supplied as an accessory (1 pc )
Knife 9.5mm (3/8") Part No.:B2702-047-K00 Supplied as an accessory (1 pc.)
Knife 12.7mm (1/2") Part No.:B2702-047-L00 Factory installed on machine head
Knife 15.9mm (5/8") Part No.:B2702-047-M00 Supplied as an accessory (1 pc.)
Knife 25.4mm (1") Part No.:B2702-047-Q00 Supplied as an accessory (1 pc.)
Knife 31.8mm (1-1/4") Part No.:B2702-047-S00 Supplied as an accessory (1 pc.)

［Control box］ MC-6 0 0 □

Power supply Code
Single-phase 220V∼240V K
220V∼240V D
3-phase
220V∼415V L
For CE Single-/3-phase 220V∼415V
M
(Not provided with a power switch)

• To order, please contact your nearest JUKI distributor.

8-2-1, KOKURYO-CHO, CHOFU-SHI,

TOKYO 182-8655, JAPAN
PHONE : (81) 3-3430-4001∼4
FAX : (81) 3-3430-4909.4914
TELEX : J22967
INTERNATIONAL SALES H.Q. http://www.juki.co.jp

✽ Specifications and appearance are subject to change without prior notice for improvement.
✽ Read the instruction manual before putting the machine into service to ensure safety.
April, 2001 Printed in Japan(M)