Table Of Contents - DURKOPP ADLER 171 Operating Instructions Manual

Table of Contents

1 About these instructions .................................................................... 5
1.1 For whom are these instructions intended? .......................................... 5
1.2 Representation conventions - symbols and characters ........................ 6
1.3 Other documents ................................................................................... 7
1.4 Liability .................................................................................................. 8
2 Safety.................................................................................................... 9
2.1 Basic safety instructions ........................................................................ 9
2.2 Signal words and symbols used in warnings....................................... 10
3 Machine description.......................................................................... 15
3.1 Components of the machine ............................................................... 15
3.2 Proper use ........................................................................................... 16
3.3 Declaration of Conformity .................................................................... 17
4 Operation ........................................................................................... 19
4.1 Preparing the machine for operation ................................................... 19
4.2 Switching on and off the machine ....................................................... 20
4.3 Inserting or replacing the needle ......................................................... 21
4.4 Threading the needle thread ............................................................... 22
4.5 Threading the looper thread ................................................................ 25
4.6 Threading twin-needle machines ........................................................ 29
4.7 Thread tension .................................................................................... 30
4.7.1 Setting the needle thread tension........................................................ 31
4.7.2 Setting the looper thread tension ........................................................ 32
4.8 Setting the thread quantity .................................................................. 32
4.8.1 Setting the needle thread regulator ..................................................... 32
4.8.2 Setting the looper thread take-up ........................................................ 34
4.9 Stitch length......................................................................................... 35
4.9.1 Setting the stitch length ....................................................................... 35
4.9.2 Setting the stitch condensing .............................................................. 37
4.10 Sewing feet.......................................................................................... 39
4.10.1 Setting the sewing foot pressure ......................................................... 39
4.10.2 Lifting the sewing foot.......................................................................... 40
4.10.3 Locking the sewing foot at the top dead centre ................................... 41
4.11 Roller top feed (optional) ..................................................................... 42
4.11.1 Setting the roller top feed length ......................................................... 43
4.11.2 Setting the pressure of the carrier roller .............................................. 44
4.11.3 Lifting the carrier roller......................................................................... 46
Edge pinker (optional) ......................................................................... 47
4.12
Adjusting the edge guide..................................................................... 48
4.12.1
4.12.2 Adjusting the height of the chain cutter guard ..................................... 49
4.12.3 Deactivating the edge pinker ............................................................... 50
4.12.4 Disassembling the edge pinker ........................................................... 51
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