DURKOPP ADLER 171 - Sewing Feet; Setting the Sewing Foot Pressure

Operation
Operating Instructions 171/173 - 02.0 - 09/2019 39
4.10 Sewing feet
4.10.1 Setting the sewing foot pressure
Proper setting
The sewing material does not slip and is fed through correctly.
Disturbance
• pressure too high: Tearing of the sewing material
• pressure too low: Slipping of the sewing material
Fig. 20: Setting the sewing feet pressure
To set the sewing foot pressure:
1. Turn the adjusting wheel (1).
• increasing the sewing foot pressure: turn the adjusting
wheel (1) clockwise
• decreasing the sewing foot pressure: turn the adjusting
wheel (1) counterclockwise
(1) - Adjusting wheel
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