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Duerkopp Adler 579 Service Instructions Manual

Duerkopp Adler 579 Service Instructions Manual

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Part 3: Service Instructions Cl. 579
Program Version 579A04
1.
1.1
Necessary Program Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.
Setting the Positioning Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.
Setting the Upper Dead Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.
Setting of the Upper Dead Center for the Sewing Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.
Setting the Needle Bar Parallel to the Looper Turret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.
Alignment of the Looper Turret to the Cloth Support Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.
Lateral Movement of the Cloth Support Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.
Lengthwise Movement of the Cloth Support Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.
9.1
Parallelism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2
Clearance of the Clamping Plates to the Cloth Support Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.3
Setting the Spread. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.
Height of the Cloth Clamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11.
Setting of the Cloth Clamp Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.
12.1
Narrow Seam Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.2
Wide Seam Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.3
Needle-Zero Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13.
13.1
Position of the Cutting Knife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13.2
Dressing of the Cutting Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13.3
Cutting Block Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13.4
Cutting Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Looper Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Setting the Looping Stroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Needle Bar Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Contents page: Part 3: Service Instructions Cl. 579 Program Version 579A04 General Necessary Program Setting ........Setting the Positioning Points .
  • Page 2 Looper Clearance to the Needle ........Needle Guard .
  • Page 3 33.10 Setting the Thread Monitor ........33.11 Stitch Condensation .

  • Page 5: General

    1. General These Service Instructions describe the settings of the automatic buttonhole machine in the proper order. ATTENTION! Various setting positions are interdependent. It is therefore essential that the individual settings be conducted while keeping to the order described. ATTENTION ! The tasks described in these Service Instructions are only to be conducted by skilled personnel or by persons appropriately instructed! Attention Danger of Breakage !

  • Page 7: Setting The Positioning Points

    2. Setting the Positioning Points Caution Risk of Injury! Set the positioning points only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control With the aid of the positioning points, an easy setting of the needle movement to the looper and spreader movements is possible.

  • Page 8: Setting The Upper Dead Center

    3. Setting the Upper Dead Center Caution Risk of Injury! Set the upper dead center only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control With the aid of of the proximity switch, the automatic buttonhole machine recognizes if it is at the upper dead center in front of the left or right needle entry point.

  • Page 9: Setting Of The Upper Dead Center For The Sewing Drive

    4. Setting of the Upper Dead Center for the Sewing Drive Caution Risk of Injury! Set the switching segment only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. With the aid of the switching segment 2, the automatic buttonhole machine recognizes that the needle bar is at the upper dead center before start of the sewing cycle.
  • Page 10 Correction Turn the machine on, the machine runs into the sewing position. – Turn the Safe Stop on. – Loosen the screws on the switching segment 3. – Turn switching segment 3 in the direction of rotation so that the –...

  • Page 11: Setting The Needle Bar Parallel To The Looper Turret

    5. Setting the Needle Bar Parallel to the Looper Turret Caution Risk of Injury! Set the parallelism of the needle bar to the looper turret only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The needle bar guide 2 and the looper turret 6 must lie parallel to one another, that is, screw 1 and the block 4 must lie vertically above one another.

  • Page 12: Alignment Of The Looper Turret To The Cloth Support Plate

    6. Alignment of the Looper turret to the Cloth Support Plate Caution Risk of Injury! Align the looper turret only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Note: Take care that a buttonhole is set as described in Chapter 1.1 “Necessary Program Settings”.

  • Page 13: Lateral Movement Of The Cloth Support Plate

    7. Lateral Movement of the Cloth Support Plate Caution Risk of Injury! Set the setting the lateral movement of the cloth support plate only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Note: Take care that a buttonhole is set as described in Chapter 1.1 “Necessary Program Settings”.

  • Page 14: Lengthwise Movement Of The Cloth Support Plate

    8. Lengthwise Movement of the Cloth Support Plate Caution Risk of Injury! Set the lengthwise movement of the cloth support plate only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Note: Take care that a buttonhole is set as described in Chapter 1.1 “Necessary Program Settings”.

  • Page 15: Clamping Plates

    9. Clamping Plates 9.1 Parallelism Caution Risk of Injury! Set the clamping plates only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control Both clamping plates must be set so that the clearance between the clamping plates 5 and the cloth support plate 6 is the same everywhere (Dimension X1 = X2).

  • Page 16: Setting The Spread

    9.3 Setting the Spread Caution Risk of Injury! Set the clamping plates only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control Dependent on the sewing materials employed, the desired spread can be set with the screw 1. Correction Turn screw 1 until the desired spread is set.

  • Page 17: Height Of The Cloth Clamps

    10. Height of the Cloth Clamps Caution Risk of Injury! Set the height of the cloth clamps only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The height of the cloth clamps 2 must be set so that the clearance between the open upper cloth clamps 2 and the lower cloth clamps (pos.

  • Page 18: Setting Of The Cloth Clamp Pressure

    11. Setting of the Cloth Clamp Pressure Caution Risk of Injury! Set the cloth clamp pressure only with the machine turned off. Rule and Control In order to avoid damage to the material or to keep thin material from bunching during clamping, the cloth clamp pressure should be set as low as necessary.

  • Page 19: Setting The Seam Width

    12. Setting the Seam Width 12.1 Narrow Seam Width Seam width Cutting space Buttonhole width Caution Risk of Injury! Set the stitch pattern only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. The automatic buttonhole machine 579 has two fixed adjustable seam widths (see illustration).

  • Page 20: Wide Seam Width

    12.2 Wide Seam Width Caution Risk of Injury! Set the stitch pattern only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control Turn the handwheel so that two screws are visible on the cam. – Loosen screws 4 and 5 by one to two turns.

  • Page 21: Needle-Zero Setting

    12.3 Needle-Zero Setting Rule and Control The needle zero position lies to the left (inside), meaning, the oscillation of the needle bar is one-sided, that is, during sewing, it moves from left (inside) to right (outside). The inner needle entries of the forward and reverse lips must, at the needle zero position, lie inline (see adjacent illustration).

  • Page 22: Cutting Knife

    13. Cutting Knife 13.1 Position of the Cutting Knife Caution Risk of Injury! Set the cutting knife only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The cutting knife should, on machines with cutting after sewing, cut exactly between the seam rows and in the center of the eye (see illustration a).
  • Page 23 The cutting knife must be set so that the knife cuts into the center of the sewn buttonhole shape. Insert the cutting block. – Insert a short needle. – Insert a piece of paper or cardboard as sewing material. – Sew a buttonhole.

  • Page 24: Dressing Of The Cutting Blocks

    13.2 Dressing of the Cutting Blocks Rule and Control The dressing of the cutting block is necessary when it has been cut into too strongly by the cutting knife or when two different knife shapes have worked on the cutting block. See illustration b. The dressing of the cutting block must be conducted very precisely and may only be done with a faultless, straight bastard file.

  • Page 25: Cutting Block Setting

    13.3 Cutting Block Setting Caution Risk of Injury! Set the cutting block only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The cutting block must lie parallel to the cutting knife. Correction Loosen screw 1. –...

  • Page 26: Looper Height

    14. Looper Height Before the setting of the looping stroke and the needle bar height and particularly after needle breakage, the correct looper height must be checked. To check the looper height, use gauge 2. Caution Risk of Injury! Set the looper height only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off.

  • Page 27: Setting The Looping Stroke

    15. Setting the Looping Stroke Caution Risk of Injury! Set the looping stroke only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control With looping stroke, one means the distance that the needle bar travels from its lowest position up to the point at which the left or right looper tip lies at the center of the needle.

  • Page 28: Needle Bar Height

    16. Needle Bar Height Caution Risk of Injury! Set the needle bars only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The needle bar must be set so that approx. 3/4 of the needle eye can be seen under the left looper point when the needle bar has moved 2.5 mm upward from the looping stroke position Turn the handwheel until the needle is at the lower dead center...

  • Page 29: Looper Clearance To The Needle

    17. Looper Clearance to the Needle Caution Risk of Injury! Set the needle guard only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The looper points should lie at a clearance of 0.1 mm to the needle. The looper clearance to the needle should remain the same during the whole turning movement of the looper turret.

  • Page 30: Spreader

    19. Spreader Caution Risk of Injury! Set the spreader only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control There must be a clearance between the forked spreader 1 and the left looper 2 which corresponds to the thickness of the looper thread used (see adjacent illustration X).

  • Page 31: Spreader Plate

    20. Spreader Plate Caution Risk of Injury! Set the setting of the spreader plate only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The opening and closing of the spreader occurs through the alternating motion of the spreader plate 4.

  • Page 32: Needle Plate

    21. Needle Plate Caution Risk of Injury! Set the needle plate only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The needle entry point of the needle in the stitch hole of the needle plate should occur one-sidedly at the edge 1.

  • Page 33: Setting The Needle Thread Knife

    22. Setting the Needle Thread Knife Caution Risk of Injury! Set the needle thread knife only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control After sewing, the cutting motion of the needle thread knife occurs. The precise cutting moment is established at the controls.

  • Page 34: Thread Take-Up Disk

    23. Thread Take-up Disk Rule and Control Insert a positioning pin into the drilled hole 5 of the sewing machine – and arrest the sewing machine in the stake-out position. The looper support must be in the left end position thereby. Insert a pin (2 mm diameter) or the shank of the needle through the –...

  • Page 35: Gimp-Pull Mechanism For Subclass -141000

    24. Gimp-pull Mechanism for Subclass -141000 Caution Risk of Injury! Set the gimp-pull mechanism only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The drop weight 3 with the adjustable brake flap 2 pulls the gimp back to the correct starting length.

  • Page 37: Short Trimmer For The Looper Thread And Gimp (579-141000)

    25. Short Trimmer for the Looper Thread and Gimp (579-141000) Caution Risk of Injury! Set the short trimmer only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The blades of both shears 2 and 3 must have moved approx. 1 mm over one another in front of their reversal point.

  • Page 38: Long Trimmer For Looper Thread And Gimp (579-121000)

    26. Long Trimmer for Looper Thread and Gimp (579-121000) 26.1 Cutting Pressure and Cutting Movement of the Looper and Gimp Thread Trimmer Caution Risk of Injury! Set the thread gripper and thread deflector only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The deflector 3 is mounted above the fixed knife 2.

  • Page 39: Setting The Overlap Of The Knife

    26.2 Setting the Overlap of the Knife Caution Risk of Injury! Set the long trimmer only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The blades 1 and 2 must move approx. 1 mm over one another. It must be possible to insert the clamping plate without clamping.
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  • Page 41: Position Of The Looper Thread And Gimp Clamp

    26.3 Position of the Looper Thread and Gimp Clamp Caution Risk of Injury! Set the position of the looper thread and gimp clamp only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The looper thread and the gimp are clenched by the long trimmer together under the clamping plate.
  • Page 42 Notes:...

  • Page 43: Short Trimmer For The Looper Thread (579-112000)

    27. Short Trimmer for the Looper Thread (579-112000) After completion of the seam, the cutting movement of the needle thread knife occurs. At the same time, the short trimmer is brought into the base position for the looper thread. Thereby, the looper thread slides from the blade of the knife.

  • Page 44: Thread Catcher

    28. Thread Catcher 28.1 General With the exception of subclass 579-151000, all subclasses have a needle thread catcher as standard equipment. The subclass 579-151000 can be retro-fitted with the needle thread catcher, if desired. The function of the thread catcher is automatically switched off by buttonholes longer than 38 mm.

  • Page 45: Setting

    28.2 Setting Caution Risk of Injury! Set the thread catcher only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Rule and Control The thread catcher must securely catch the needle thread after the sewing of a buttonhole. The thread catcher must position the needle thread in the right lip.
  • Page 46 Correction Height of the thread catcher and clearance of the thread catcher to the needle Loosen screws 5 and 6. – Adjust the height of thread catcher unit. – The clearance to the needle bar guide must be 2 mm. Tighten screws 5 and 6.

  • Page 47: Setting The Toothed Belt Tension

    29. Setting the Toothed Belt Tension General Malfunctions of the drive motors can be caused by too low toothed belt tension. Further, it is very important that the toothed belts, dependent on running time, be cleaned of dust and thread residue. Dust and thread residue lodges between the teeth and become stuck because of the oil.

  • Page 48: Toothed Belts For The Sewing Drive

    29.1 Toothed Belts for the Sewing Drive Correction-Toothed belt 1 To set the tension of the toothed belt, turn the cam 2. – Correction-Toothed belt 3 To set the tension of the toothed belt, loosen the screws 4. – Move the motor 6 –...

  • Page 49: Toothed Belts For The Rotation Of The Sewing Mechanism

    29.2 Toothed Belts for the Rotation of the Sewing Mechanism Correction-Toothed belt 5 Turn cam 6. – Correction-Toothed belt 4 Loosen screws 2 and 3. – Move the toothed wheel 1. – Tighten screws 2 and 3. – Correction-Toothed belt 7 Loosen screws 8 and 9.

  • Page 50: Toothed Belts For The Motion Of The Cloth Support Plate

    29.3 Toothed Belts for the Motion of the Cloth Support Plate Correction-Toothed belt 1 Loosen the lock nut 6. – Adjust the toothed belt tension with the 2nd nut – Tighten lock nut. – Correction-Toothed belt 2 Loosen screws 4 and 5. –...

  • Page 51: Alignment Of The Needle Bar's Center Of Rotation To The Looper Turret's Center Of Rotation

    30. Alignment of the Needle Bar’s Center of Rotation to the Looper Turret’s Center of Rotation ATTENTION ! This setting is to be made only in exceptional cases, as a rule, this setting is not necessary. The sewing mechanism is aligned at the factory so that the needle bar-center of rotation and looper turret-center of rotation lie above one another.

  • Page 52: Needle Bar Guide

    31. Needle Bar Guide Caution Risk of Injury! Conduct the setting of the needle bar guide only with the machine turned off. Rule and Control If the needle bar guide was disassembled, care is to be taken when re-assembling that the clearance between swing sleeve 5 and guide 6 is equal on both sides (dimension X1 equals dimension X2).

  • Page 53: Maintenance

    32. Maintenance Caution Risk of Injury! Turn the main switch off. The maintenance of the sewing machine may only be conducted when it is turned off. The maintenance tasks to be performed by the operating personnel of the sewing machine on a daily or weekly basis (cleaning and oiling) are described in the Part 1: Operating Instructions.

  • Page 54: Service Menu 579

    33. Service Menu 579 In the service menu of the 579, several base settings of the automatic sewing machine can be made and a number of test programs conducted. No maintenance or final position tasks are to be undertaken in the service menu. Caution Risk of Injury! Before beginning maintenance or final position work: Turn the main switch off or bring the machine into the “Safe Stop”...

  • Page 55: Menu Structure

    33.4 Menu Structure Ohne Riegel Schnürloch Nahtanf.: Nahtende: Nahtanf.: Nahtende:...

  • Page 57: Setting The Language Of The Menus

    33.5 Setting the Language of the Menus When you are in the service menu, sequentially select the following – menu items with the arrow keys and the “OK” key: - Configuration - Operation - Languages The language selection menu appears. A check mark appears behind the currently selected language.

  • Page 58: Setting The The Function Of The Hand Switch

    33.7 Setting the Function of the Hand Switch The method of operation of the hand switch can be changed. 1st Setting (Hand switch: 0 in the menu) Key 1: Clamps are opened or closed. – Key 2: The sewing cyle starts when the clamps are closed. –...

  • Page 59: Setting The Knife Position

    33.8 Setting the Knife Position The position of the knife can be corrected in this menu. The position of the knife can be corrected by +-0,3 mm on both axes. Which direction is meant by “+” and “-” is shown in the symbol at the lower left in the display.

  • Page 60: Setting The Thread Monitor

    33.10 Setting the Thread Monitor The thread monitors for the looper thread and the needle thread can be set in this menu. The values behind the needle thread and looper thread mean the following: The respective thread monitor is turned off >0 = The number of stitches after which the sewing cycle is stopped because of thread breakage...

  • Page 61: Stitch Condensation

    33.11 Stitch Condensation The stitch condensation at the seam beginning and seam end are turned on and off in this menu. When you are in the service menu, sequentially select the following – menu items with the arrow keys and the “OK” key: - Configuration - Machine - Stitch condensation...

  • Page 62: Setting The Feed Position

    33.12 Setting the Feed Position The feed position can be established here. The following values can be set: When you are in the service menu, sequentially select the following menu items with the arrow keys and the “OK” key: - Configuration - Machine The “Machine”...

  • Page 63: Setting The Times

    33.15 Setting the Times The various time intervals which control the sewing cycle can be set in this menu. The values in brackets are the default values. ATTENTION ! Change this setting only after consultation with DÜRKOPP ADLER. When you are in the service menu, sequentially select the following –...
  • Page 64 T4 (Needle thread trimmer) - Activation period for the valve Y06 Standard: 170 The interval from the turning on to the turning off of the valve. with 579-112000: 140 Setting range 0-400 T5 (Needle thread T5 applies only in case of trimming before the sewing drawer) - The needle thread is drawn forward Standard: 50...
  • Page 65 T15 (Looper thread - Activation period for the valve Y10 (looper thread trimmer) trimmer) Only in case of 579-121000 and 579-141000 Standard: 100 (579-121000) 50 (579-141000) Setting range: 0-500 T16 (Sewing - Valve Y10 or Y08 (depending on subclass) is switched back. mechanism rotation) - The interval T16 is run through Only in case of 579-121000...

  • Page 66: Setting The Subclasses

    T26 (Cutter) The buttonhole is not cut open (no contact/no knife/no block) Standard: 1000 The interval T26 is run through. Setting range: 0-2000 The cutter cylinder is switched back. T27 (Clamp plate) The clamp is closed Standard: 100 The interval T27 is run through. Setting range: 0-300 The material is spread.

  • Page 67: Data For One Subclass/Equipment/Cutting Length

    When there is no memory available for further buttonhole shapes – or buttonhole sequences, the following menu appears instead of the confirmation request. It allows you to delete data to free the memory for the new program data and shifting the subclass. 33.16.1 Data for one Subclass/Equipment/Cutting Length Too much Buttonhole programs If you reach the number of 50 buttonhole programs in one...
  • Page 68 Too much buttonhole sequences If you reach the number of 25 sequences in one Subclass/Equipment/Cutting Length, the selection menu for deletion beside appears: Select the Buttonhole program with the arrow keys. – Press the “OK” key. The confirmation screen menu beside appears: –...

  • Page 69: Data For Several Subclass/Equipment/Cutting Length

    33.16.2 Data for several Subclass/Equipment/Cutting Length All data (Buttonhole programs and Sequences) for the available Subclass/Equipment/Cutting Length will be listed. Important: The current Subclass/Setup will not be listed, which means the data cannot be deleted. Select the Subclass/Setup to be deleted with the arrow keys. –...

  • Page 70: Output Test

    33.17 Output Test ATTENTION ! The turning-on of output elements can lead to collisions with other machine elements and to damage to the automatic sewing machine. Before any output element is turned on make sure that this cannot collide with other components of the automatic sewing machine. One can switch individual or several outputs in this menu.

  • Page 71: Input Test

    33.18 Input Test One can test individual inputs in this menu. When you are in the service menu, sequentially select the following – menu items with the arrow keys and the “OK” key: - Test Functions - Multitest - Input Test The “...

  • Page 72: Sewing Motor Test

    33.19 Sewing Motor Test One can test the sewing motor in this menu. When you are in the service menu, sequentially select the following menu items with the arrow keys and the “OK” key: - Test Functions - Multitest - Sewing Motor Test The “...

  • Page 73: Step Motor Test

    33.20 Step Motor Test The step motors for the three motion axes of the 579 can be tested in this menu. When you are in the service menu, sequentially select the following menu items with the arrow keys and the “OK” key: - Test Functions - Multitest - Step Motor Test...

  • Page 74: Ram Test

    33.21 RAM Test The RAM memory of the 579 can be tested in this menu. When you are in the service menu, sequentially select the following menu items with the arrow keys and the “OK” key: - Test Functions - Multitest - RAM Test The “RAM Test”...

  • Page 75: Sewing Process Testing Program

    33.23 Sewing Process Testing Program With the aid of the “Sewing Process” testing program, the switching order of the valves can be checked. This testing program is particularly helpful for the setting of the thread catcher and the thread trimming systems because one can see precisely how the individual components lie in regard to the needle thread, looper thread and the gimp.

  • Page 76: Step Loss Test

    The sewing motor can be switched on or off during the sewing – process with the stop points. Select the menu item “Not Sewing Process” with the arrow keys. – Press the “OK” key. – Select the desired value with the arrow keys. –...

  • Page 77: Program Data

    33.25 Program Data Buttonhole programs Sequences The menu item above shows the memory space available for buttonhole programs and buttonhole sequences. The maximum space available should be: 49 buttonholes and 24 sequences When you are in the service menu, sequentially select the following –...

  • Page 78: Loading A New Program Version

    33.26 Loading a New Program Version After the turning-on of the machine, the DA logo and program version appear in the display. It is possible to load a new program version with a bootbox and corresponding download cable und RAM card. Additionally, the possibility of loading a new program version via a normal PC with appropriate download cable und a CD ROM exists.

  • Page 79: Error Messages

    34. Error Messages Caution Risk of Injury! Search for and remedy errors only in the “Safe Stop” position or with the machine turned off. Description Possible cause Error remedy Hardware error - Temperature too up - Check the temperature Amplifier X-motor, - Error 5V power supply - Check the fuses on the Y-motor, Z-motor...
  • Page 80 Description Possible cause Error remedy Theoretical step motor Internal error Turn the machine off and on again, position corresponds to contact Dürkopp-Adler Service the set cutting position Thus danger of false cutting present Internal error Turn the machine off and on again, contact Dürkopp-Adler Service...

  • Page 81: Troubleshooting

    35. Troubleshooting Error description Possible cause Error remedy The automatic sewing A symbol, which gives the Turn the handwheel in the direction machine does not start possible cause appears in the of rotation so that the needle is at display. the upper dead center.
  • Page 82 Thread tension is set too tight Check the thread tension (see Operating Instructions “Thread Tension”) The material is not held properly Check the cloth clamp pressure (See “Cloth Clamp Pressure”) The material is not or too little Check the spread spread (See “Setting the Spread”) Dependent on the material,...
  • Page 83 Thread-guiding parts, such as Check the thread path to see if e.g. thread conductor, thread thread-guiding parts have sharp guides or thread take-up disk edges have sharp edges Check if the needle plate, the Have the parts dressed by service looper or the spreader have personnel.
  • Page 84 No secure seam beginning When the remaining tension for Adjust the remaining tension or unthreading the needle thread is set too tight (see Operating Instructions and thus the start thread for the “Thread Tension”) next sewing start becomes too short. When the thread gripper does Check the pneumatic cylinder for not open at the start of sewing...
  • Page 85 The sewing mechanism can only Check the set collars on the looper be moved with difficulty with the turret drive or on the needle bar machine turned off. drive and set a little play, if The set collars on the looper necessary (See Chapter “Setting turret drive or on the needle bar the Looping Stroke”, “Needle Bar...

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