Schmetz Industrial Embroidery Needles

Needle breakage can cause the following problems:

• Destroyed fabric parts in the area of Schiffli embroidery
• Damages in thin nonwovens
• Mesh damages in knit fabrics
• Needle fragments remaining in the fabric

How you can avoid these problems:

• Adjust the needle size to the fabric to avoid bending and breaking
• Check the needle point for damages regularly
• Check the correct positioning of the needle
• Coordinate the embroidery tools, e.g. presser foot, needle plate, as well as the embroidery thread and material.
• Optimize the thread tension

Skip stitches and thread breakage are caused by the following:

• Incorrect thread tension
• Incorrect thread guidance
• Incorrect needle system
• Incorrectly fitted needle
• Use of an oversized embroidery thread in relation to the needle size
• Cloth presser adjustment too high

How you can avoid these problems:

• Adjust the embroidery thread size to the needle size and the fabric, or try a needle with a bigger SA eye.
• Check the correct positioning of the needle
• Optimize the shuttle setting
• Examine the thread guiding elements
• Optimize the thread tension
• Reduce the embroidering speed
• Replace worn out embroidery tools such as thread guiding elements, needle plate and shuttles.
• Optimize the adjustment of the cloth presser