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The Heavy-weights Of The Sewing Machines
The rise of the sewing machine in the middle of the Industrial Revolution was bound to drive people to integrate them in factory work, for clothes, shoes and bags, even tapestry and furniture covering. Of course the industrial sewing machines had a different development path than machines for domestic use.
Unlike regular sewing machines, industrial machines usually have one purpose, they are implicated in one stage of the production and one stage only, so they’ve evolved into specialized machines. Domestic sewing machines, on the other hand, were built to do a little bit of everything.
Juki is a Japan based company founded at the end of 1938 that has begun producing industrial sewing machines in 1953. Today, there is a whole branch specialized in Juki industrial sewing machines, the company winning several awards concerning innovation and development in this domain. The engineers at Juki have worked very hard to improve the productivity of their machines, to make them faster and more automated, more precise, but less dangerous.
For better control over the performance and in the spirit of industrial machinery, most of Juki industrial sewing machines have a single function that is pushed to the limit of its productivity. With the changing of times and emergence of higher technologies, like electronics, factories and machineries started changing too, the new technologies being integrated into existing devices.
Today all Juki industrial sewing machines are electronic or have some sort of automation system; they are very precise and can sew in the finest detail. The most technological of Juki industrial sewing machines are the computer-controlled cycle machines. A few models like AMS-210EN-1306, AMS-210EN-1510, AMS-210EN-2210, AMS-221EN-2516 and AMS-221EN-3020 achieve the highest speed of all the industrial sewing machines, 2.800 stitches per minute.
Juki was also the first sewing machine producer to make a semi-dry-head top and bottom coverstitch machine that wouldn’t have to deal with potential oil stains. In the meantime, other models have been built that require no lubrication in the needle area, eliminating altogether stains risk. Other technologies have been integrated into the Juki industrial sewing machines to increase productivity and ease the machine operator’s job.
Speed and control are the two most important characteristics that increase productivity and there are both electronic and mechanic technologies that have been employed for this purpose. Guidelines and tension sensors for the thread help with accuracy and control, while an internal oil feeding mechanism enhances the speed. Computerized or computer-controlled Juki industrial sewing machines work mostly independent, having to be under surveillance and needing to be inspected periodically, but that’s about it.
As I mentioned earlier, staying in touch with the changing times is important for Juki Company and as pollution and natural resources usage increased exponentially since the Industrial Revolution bloomed, ecology became more and more important. So Juki industrial sewing machines have been enriched with a few models built to be eco-friendly, using less power for example.
Not all industrial sewing machines are built for only one purpose, like the Computer-controlled Cycle Machines AMS-224EN-4530 and AMS-224EN-6030 which perform various kinds of stitches, so they can be used for various tasks, from attaching different parts to shoes to sewing airbags. So you are bound to find the Juki industrial sewing machine you need, no matter what you want it to do.