9.CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE .........

69

9-1. Cleaning .........................................................

69

9-2. Draining the oil................................................

70

9-3. Cleaning the control box air inlet port.............

70

9-4. Cleaning the eye guard ..................................

70

9-5. Checking the needle.......................................

71

9-6. Cleaning the length feed plate........................

71

10. STANDARD ADJUSTMENTS ............

72

10-1. Adjusting the needle bar height....................

72

10-2. Adjusting the needle and hook timing ..........

73

10-3. Adjusting the clearance between needle

 

and hook point ..............................................

73

10-4. Adjusting the inner rotary hook and

 

rotary hook holder overlap............................

74

10-5. Adjusting the work clamp pressure ..............

74

10-6. Adjusting the cutter installation.....................

74

10-7. Adjusting the upper thread trimming ............

75

10-7-1. Adjusting the installation height of

 

the upper thread scissors..................

75

10-7-2. Adjusting the upper thread scissors

 

opening timing...................................

76

10-8. Adjusting the lower thread clamp timing.......

77

10-9. Adjusting the bobbin presser........................

77

10-10. Adjusting the needle up stop position.........

77

11. CHANGING FUNCTIONS USING

 

THE MEMORY SWITCHES................

78

11-1. Memory switch table.....................................

79

12. PROGRAM INITIALIZATION..............

80

12-1. Initializing all programs.................................

80

12-2. Initializing a single program..........................

80

13. CHANGING FUNCTIONS USING

 

THE DIP SWITCHES ..........................

81

13-1. Panel DIP switches.......................................

81

13-2. Circuit board DIP switches ...........................

83

14. ERROR CODE TABLE.......................

85

15. GAUGE PARTS LIST .........................

89

16. TROUBLESHOOTING........................

92

16-1. Upper thread breakage.................................

92

16-2. Skipped stitches ...........................................

93

16-3. Uneven seams (1) ……

 

At the sewing start.....................................

94

16-4. Uneven seams (2) ……

 

Lower thread is lifted up at

 

the sewing start .........................................

95

16-5. Uneven seams (3) ……

 

Seam lifts up at the sewing start................

96

16-6. Uneven seams (4) ……

 

Uneven sewing pitch at the sewing start ....

96

16-7. Uneven seams (5) ……

 

Poor rounding of seam .................................

96

16-8. Uneven seams (6) ……

 

Around rear tack or front tack....................

96

16-9. Uneven seams (7) ……

 

Loose thread end at end backtack ............

97

16-10. Uneven seams (8) ……

 

Thread sticking out at end backtack ........

97

16-11. Uneven seams (9) ……

 

Sticking in needle plate............................

97

16-12. Uneven seams (10) ……

 

All stitches................................................

98

16-13. Upper thread run out...................................

99

16-14. Unraveling of thread trimmed by upper

 

thread trimmer assembly...........................

101

16-15. Upper thread mis-trimming .......................

102

16-16. Needle strikes upper thread trimmer ........

102

16-17. Needle breakage.......................................

103

16-18. Imperfect cutter function

 

(imperfect material cutting)........................

104

16-19. Cutter does not return...............................

105

16-20. Cutter and upper thread scissors touch....

105

16-21. Seam is cut ...............................................

105

16-22. Upper thread mis-winding.........................

106

16-23. Work clamp is not raised (1) Pulse motor

 

stepping sound cannot be heard...............

106

16-24. Work clamp is not raised (2) Pulse motor

 

stepping sound can be heard....................

107

16-25. Lower thread is not trimmed

 

(pulls when material is removed)...............

108

16-26. Feed mechanism does not operate or

 

motor is out of step....................................

108

16-27. Needle does not zigzag or noise occurs

 

when needle zigzags.................................

109

16-28. Sewing machine stops during sewing.......

109

16-29. Upper shaft does not rotate as far as

 

the needle up stop position .......................

109

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