Machine Maintenance Handout
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11/14/2019 EMBROIDERY MACHINE MACHINE MAINTENANCE Bill Garvin The more you know, the better you sew www.BGTECHSERVICES.NET 1 Stitch Hook Timing 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 2 Rotary Hook Timing Hook timing Relationship between the tip of the rotary hook to the scarf on the back side of a needle 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 3 1 11/14/2019 Rotary Hook Timing 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 4 Rotary Hook Timing Correct timing position Common position settings for commercial machines 200 and 25 degrees on the timing wheel. Some machines are digital, Without mechanical number 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 5 Rotary Hook Timing Jigs: Block and Round are common styles Block: Round: Normally Normally used for used for needle bar Hook timing depths as well as needle bar depths There are several different types of jigs that can assist with timing on your machine. These can normally be purchased from your machine distributor or from machine parts sellers 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 6 2 11/14/2019 Rotary Hook Timing The Needle is the only metal that goes in a rotary hook can cause physical damage (burrs) The solution is sand paper: 80 grit and 1,000 grit is what BG TECH SERVICES uses 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 7 Bobbin Cases Most sewing issues are created by the bobbin case 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 8 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 9 3 11/14/2019 Reciprocator and Needle Bar Driver This drives the needle up and down to create a stitch Good Reciprocators Life expectancy is forever - However, they are designed to break (human error) 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 10 Reciprocator and Needle Bar Driver Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 11 Reciprocator and Needle Bar Driver Good Reciprocators Damaged and broken reciprocators When you hit hoops 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 12 4 11/14/2019 Reciprocator and Removing the head - Changing reciprocator Needle Bar Driver Good Reciprocators Remove and replace head on same needle position 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com Example: if head is removed on needle 1, put it back on needle 1 13 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 14 Trimmers Most trimming knives live forever Good Reciprocators Trimming system consists in 2 knives One is fixed and the other is movable 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 15 5 11/14/2019 Pickers Pull outs are a result of how a machine stops, not when it starts. Normal position of a picker is centered with the pig tail of a bobbin case. Both Horizontal and vertical when pushed in Good Reciprocators Pickers do not sew; they control the Starting and Stopping of embroidery also directly linked to tail length 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 16 Presser footer The purpose of the pressure foot is to hold the fabric down to the needle plate to allow the needle to enter and exit without flagging the material Good Reciprocators It can not exceed 1 millimeter in height 11/14/2019from needle plate www.issshows.com 17 Wiper Upper Thread Hood The purpose of the thread hook is to pull the thread into the machine thread holder "Velcro“ after the trim takes place under the needle plate Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019It is commonly mistaken as the Trimmer www.issshows.com 18 6 11/14/2019 Take Up Lever The Take Up lever on all machines is feeding thread off the spool to the needle Good Reciprocators Take up levers should always be in a straight line with 11/14/2019each other on your machine www.issshows.com 19 Check / Take up Springs The check spring keeps tension on the thread as the Take up lever goes back up Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 20 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 21 7 11/14/2019 The brain of the operations X-Y Drive Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 22 X-Y Drive Pantograph X The pantograph is what creates your design by moving your hoops, in the X &Y axis Y Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 23 Machine TLC Oiling Greasing Cleaning The secret to your success Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 24 8 11/14/2019 Cleaning and Oiling What should be done daily Cleaning Good Reciprocators The only daily oiling is the rotary hook and should be done 11/14/2019every 4 operating hours www.issshows.com 25 Cleaning and Oiling Good Reciprocators 19 years young www.issshows.com/ Slide 11/14/2019 Number 26 Cleaning and Oiling Good Reciprocators 11/14/201921 years young www.issshows.com 27 9 11/14/2019 Cleaning and Oiling Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 28 Cleaning and Oiling Ouch… Expensive mistakes! Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 29 Cleaning and Oiling Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 30 10 11/14/2019 Cleaning and Oiling Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 31 Cleaning and Oiling Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 32 Cleaning and Oiling Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 33 11 11/14/2019 Oiling Sewing Arm Sewing bed Good Reciprocators To be oiled every 2 weeks on average 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 34 Oiling Good Reciprocators To be oiled every 4 to 6 weeks 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 35 Oiling Machine should be greased on 6 to 12 months schedule This includes: Gears Cams Roller Bearings Bearing rails Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 36 12 11/14/2019 Greasing Good Reciprocators 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 37 If you don’t schedule time for maintenance, your equipment will schedule it for you! 11/14/2019 www.issshows.com 38 Bill Garvin The more you know, the better you sew www.BGTECHSERVICES.NET EMBROIDERY MACHINE MACHINE MAINTENANCE 39 13.