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33. TROUBLES IN SEWING AND CORRECTIVE MEASURES
Troubles Causes Corrective measures
1. Threadbreakage
(Threadfraysorisworn
out.)
(Needlethreadtrails2to
3cmfromthewrongside
ofthefabric.)
①
Threadpath,needlepoint,hookbladepointor
bobbincaserestinggrooveonthethroatplate
hassharpedgesorburrs.
②
Needlethreadtensionistoohigh.
③
Bobbincaseopeningleverprovidesan
excessiveclearanceatthebobbincase.
④
Needlecomesincontactwiththebladepoint
ofhook.
⑤
Amountofoilinthehookistoosmall.
⑥
Needlethreadtensionistoolow.
⑦
Threadtake-upspringworksexcessivelyor
thestrokeofthespringistoosmall.
⑧
Timingbetweentheneedleandthehookis
excessivelyadvancedorretarded.
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Removethesharpedgesorburrsontheblade
pointofhookusinganeemerypaper.Buffupthe
bobbincaserestinggrooveonthethroatplate.
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Decreasetheneedlethreadtension.
○
Decreasetheclearanceprovidedbetweenthe
bobbincaseopeningleverandthebobbin.
Refer to "22. ADJUSTING THE BOBBIN CASE
OPENING LEVER" p.22.
○
Refer to
"20. NEEDLE-TO-HOOK RELATION"
p.20.
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Adjusttheamountofoilinthehookproperly.Refer
to "8. LUBRICATION" p.9.
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Increasetheneedlethreadtension.
○
Decreasethetensionofthespringandincrease
thestrokeofthespring.
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Refer to
"20. NEEDLE-TO-HOOK RELATION"
p.20.
2. Stitchskipping
①
Timingbetweentheneedleandthehookis
excessivelyadvancedorretarded.
②
Pressureofthepresserfootistoolow.
③
Theclearanceprovidedbetweenthetopend
oftheneedleeyeletandthebladepointof
hookisnotcorrect.
④
Hookneedleguardisnotfunctional.
⑤
Impropertypeofneedleisused.
○
Refer to
"20. NEEDLE-TO-HOOK RELATION"
p.20.
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Tightenthepresserspringregulator.
○
Refer to
"20. NEEDLE-TO-HOOK RELATION"
p.20.
○
Refer to
"21. ADJUSTING THE HOOK NEEDLE
GUARD" p.21.
○
Replacetheneedlewithonewhichisthickerthan
thecurrentneedlebyonecount.
3. Loosestitches
①
Bobbinthreaddoesnotpassthroughthe
tensionspringoftheinnerhook.
②
Threadpathhasbeenpoorlynished.
③
Bobbinfailstomovesmoothly.
④
Bobbincaseopeningleverprovidestoomuch
clearanceatthebobbin.
⑤
Bobbinthreadtensionistoolow.
⑥
Bobbinhasbeenwoundtootightly.
○
Threadthebobbinthreadcorrectly.
○
Removeroughpartswithaneemerypaperor
buffitup.
○
Replacethebobbinorhookwithanewone.
○
Refer to
"22. ADJUSTING THE BOBBIN CASE
OPENING LEVER" p.22.
○
Increasethebobbinthreadtension.
○
Decreasethetensionappliedtothebobbinwinder.
4. Threadslipsofftheneedle
eyeletsimultaneouslywith
threadtrimming.
①
Threadtensiongivenbythetensioncontroller
No.1istoohigh.
○
Decreasethethreadtensiongivenbythetension
controllerNo.1.
5. Threadslipsoffthe
needleeyeletatthestart
ofsewing.
①
Threadtensiongivenbythetensioncontroller
No.1istoohigh.
②
Clampspringhasimpropershape.
③
Bobbinthreadtensionistoolow.
○
Decreasethethreadtensiongivenbythetension
controllerNo.1.
○
Replacetheclampspringwithanewoneor
correctthecurrentone.
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Increasethebobbinthreadtension.
6. Threadisnotcutsharply.
①
Thebladesofmovingknifeandcounterknife
havebeenimproperlyadjusted.
②
Thekniveshavebluntblades.
③
Bobbinthreadtensionistoolow.
○
Refer to
"23. POSITION OF THE COUNTER
KNIFE AND ADJUSTMENT OF THE KNIFE
PRESSURE" p.23.
○
Replacethemovingknifeandcounterknifewith
newones,orcorrectthecurrentones.
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Increasethebobbinthreadtension.
7. Threadremainsuncut
afterthreadtrimming.
(Bobbinthreadtrimming
failurewhenstitchlength
iscomparativelyshort.)
①
Initialpositionofthemovingknifehasbeen
improperlyadjusted.
②
Bobbinthreadtensionistoolow.
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RefertotheEngineer’sManual.
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Increasethebobbinthreadtension.
8. Threadbreaksatthestart
ofsewingafterthread
trimming.
①
Theneedlethreadiscaughtinthehook.
○
Shortenthelengthofthreadremainingonthe
needleafterthreadtrimming.
Refer to
"16. THREAD TENSION" p.17.
9. Whenaheave-weight
materialissewn,the
materialwarps.
①
Thefeedamountofthetopfeedisinadequate.
○
Decreasethefeeddogheightandreducethe
feedamountofthebottomfeed.(Refertothe
Engineer'sManualfortheadjustmentprocedure.)