Juki Sewing Machine Corporation has been to the apparel industry what Coca Cola is to the rest of the world. Juki has always kept their approach to product development linked to ‘customer satisfaction’, which has certainly helped them achieve commendable heights. The company had recently showcased the LBH-1790 series of lockstitch buttonholers, which can sew two buttonholes in a single cycle.
The high-speed lockstitch-buttonholing machine incorporates an electronically controlled cloth feeding mechanism. Using a new technology called “active tension” (electronic thread tension mechanism), the machine is able to control the needle thread tension for sewing parallel, and the bartacking section of buttonholes can be separately controlled through the operational panel. The machine is capable of not only duplicating the same sewing conditions with ease but also of ensuring upgraded seam quality with consistency, while having the ability to store 99 different patterns in its memory which can be selected as desired from the operational panel.
The hollowed type frame promises efficient sewing of vertical button holes and the machine can also be operated with its head positioned horizontally. The machine is equipped with multiple knife dropping function and with this it is no longer required that the knife be changed at the time the buttonhole size is changed, and dropping times can be automatically set according to the buttonholing sizes in cases where it is frequently changed for small lot productions.
The machine is able to continuously sew two or more different patterns without requiring the work clamp foot to be lifted. As such, as many as 20 programs can be registered in one program and six different patterns can be stored. An electronic control feature has been adopted for the material feed mechanism, needle rocking mechanism and needle thread trimming mechanism with the use of ‘V’ belts to ensure operation with lower vibrations and lesser noise levels.
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