TAJIMA TMEZ-SC User manual

M-EZ-UL01-EN
USER’S MANUAL
For Safe Use / Basic Operation
TMEZ-SC

Foreword
Thank you for purchasing the TAJIMA embroidery machine.
Please read this manual thoroughly, understand the contents, and then use the machine.
This manual may contain discrepancies in detailed specifications when compared with the actual product. If you
have any question, please ask the distributor for information.
Purpose of This Document
This manual and other documents contain the following information. Refer to the necessary documents depending
on the application and purpose. Documents other than “For Safe Use” and “Basic Operation” are stored as PDF files
on the supplied CD.
This document (Print version)
CD-ROM (PDF)
USER’S MANUAL
Other manuals
This manual contains instructions on usingthe machine safely. Make sure to
read the manual before use.
This manual describes the basic knowledge and procedures that are
common to all the models and required to use the machine.
If you are a novice to or unfamiliar with the machine, be sure to read this
manual first.
Basics
Basic Operation This manual describes the basic procedures for operating the machine,
For Safe Use
performing embroidery, and performing maintenance.
This manual describes the procedures for using advanced machine functions
and operations for users familiarized with basic operations.
Advanced Operation
Parameter Setting This manual describes various parameters.
This manual describes how to change the frames.
This does not come with some models.
Frame Change
Various Documents Electrical system diagrams and other technical documents.
This sheet is the Quick reference regarding embroidery methods as well as
frequently used functions and their operation procedures.
Keep the Quick Guide handy so that you can reference it quickly.
Quick Guide
This manual describes how to set up, operate, and maintain various optional
devices.
Optional Device

Safety Precautions and Symbols
Items that require your special attention on handling the machine are specified below.
*1: A condition caused by electric shock, injury, fracture of a bone etc. that leads to aftereffects, or an injury that
necessitates hospitalization or visits to a hospital over a long period.
*2: An injury that does not necessitate hospitalization or visit to a hospital over a long period.
The symbols used throughout this document have the following meanings.
Other Precautions
Disclaimer, etc.
• The external views and specifications of the machine and the contents of this manual are subject to change
without notice due to improvement.
• The screen captures and figures contained in this manual may differ depending on the machine specifications,
the number of heads or needles, and the presence of optional device.
• TAJIMA bears no responsibility regarding any damage arising from not observing the instructions in the manual
or any fault or damage resulting from repair, disassembly, or modification not indicated in the manual.
• You may not copy, reproduce, or transcribe a part or whole of this manual without consent of TAJIMA.
Description Meaning
DANGER Indicates that there is a lot of danger of death or serious injuries*1.
WARNING Indicates that there is a likelihood of death or serious injuries*1.
CAUTION Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which may result in minor or moderate injury*2 or
physical damage.
Symbol Meaning
Item to be prohibited
Items that may cause electric shock if not observed
Items to keep safety
Description Meaning
Items that may affect sewing if not observed.
Recommended and useful tips.

For Safe Use
For Safe Use
1. Precautions in Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2. Power Supply Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3. Important Warning Items for Safe Operation (for the US and Canada Market) . . . 15
About Warning Labels
1. Type of Warning Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2. Attaching Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety Device
1. Emergency Stop Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1-1. Emergency stop switch locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1-2. Operating the emergency stop switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1-3. Resetting the emergency stop switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Basic Operation
Basic Operation of the Machine
1. Turning ON/OFF the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
1-1. Turn ON the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
1-2. Turn OFF the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2. Start and Stop of the Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2-1. Start the machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2-2. Stop the machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3. Multi-color LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4. Direct Command Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Table of contents >>
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 1

Table of contents >>
5. Screen Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5-1. Main screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5-2. Design selection screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5-3. Description of basic icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6. Travel of Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6-1. How to move the frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6-2. Changing the travel speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6-3. Checking the frame position (coordinates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7. Data Input/Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7-1. Connecting a USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7-2. Connecting a LAN cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
How to Embroider
1. Basic Flow of Embroidery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2. Embroidery Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
2-1. Saving or Storing designs into the machine memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
2-2. Selecting the embroidery design (data setting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
2-3. Setting of needle bar step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
2-4. Confirmation of design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
2-5. Setting the embroidery speed (Maximum R.P.M.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2-6. Checking the embroidery position (execution of trace) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
2-7. Starting embroidery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
2-8. Completion of embroidery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
3. Making Use of DCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
3-1. Setting items for presser foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
3-2. About Setting Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
3-3. Settings on needle bar setting screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
3-4. Settings on manual operation screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4. Responding to Thread Breakage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4-1. How to respond to a thread breakage indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4-2. Repair stitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 2

i-TM
1. Features of i-TM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
2. i-TM Operation Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
3. Adjusting the Finish of Sewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
3-1. Adjusting the thread tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
3-2. Adjusting the thread tightening during operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4. Storing the Control Pattern (Pattern Number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4-1. Storing the control pattern with a name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4-2. Overwriting and saving the control pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5. Dividing Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5-1. Dividing step and setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5-2. Deleting divided step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6. Resetting of the Control Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6-1. Resetting of the selected control pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6-2. Batch resetting of all the control patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7. List Display and Editing of Control Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
7-1. List display of control patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
7-2. Searching control pattern by name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7-3. Adjusting fabric thickness and stitch thread tightening (detailed setting screen) . . . . . . 77
7-4. Deleting control pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7-5. Changing control pattern name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Manual Operation
1. Moving Back or Moving Forward the Frame along the Stitches . . . . . 80
1-1. Frame Back/Frame Forward by 1-stitch unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
1-2. Frame Back/Frame Forward by specifying the number of stitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
1-3. Frame Back/Frame Forward by specifying the number of color change . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
2. Thread Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
2-1. Operating the ATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

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3. Needle Bar Related Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
3-1. Color Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
3-2. Raising or lowering the needle bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
3-3. Stopping the needle bar at the lower dead point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
3-4. Raising or lowering the presser foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
4. Various Frame Movement Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
4-1. Moving the frame to the preset optional position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
4-2. Moving the frame to the original position (manual offset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
4-3. Moving the frame to the start position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
4-4. Moving the frame to the offset position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
4-5. Moving the frame by entering a numeric value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
4-6. Absolute origin search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
4-7. Power Resume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5. Other Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
5-1. Turning ON/OFF the LED lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Deleting or Saving Designs
1. Deleting Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
1-1. Deleting a design in the machine memory (one design at a time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
1-2. Deleting designs in the machine memory (two or more designs at once) . . . . . . . . . . . 97
1-3. Deleting designs in the USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
2. Saving Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
2-1. Saving designs in the USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
2-2. Changing the design storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
2-3. Changing a design name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Chapter 5

Maintenance
1. Precautions for Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
2. Maintenance Item List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
3. Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
3-1. Inside of the cylinder bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
3-2. Head and its surroundings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
3-3. X-axis drive system, Y-axis drive system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
3-4. Presser foot shaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
4. Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
4-1. Rotary hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
4-2. Inside of head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
5. Greasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
5-1. Cylinder bed gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
5-2. Inside of head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
6. Inspection and Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
6-1. Inspection of drive systems and sliding parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
6-2. Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
7. Checking and Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
7-1. Checking the needle bar lower dead point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
7-2. Adjusting the stroke amount of the thread take-up spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
8. Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
8-1. Precautions to take when installing the tension base cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Troubleshooting
1. Message Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
2. When the Machine Does not Sew Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
2-1. Frequent thread breakages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
2-2. Needle breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
2-3. Embroidery results not good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
3. Power Resume after Power Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
4. Obtaining Log Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

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Appendix
1. Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
1-1. Electrical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
1-2. Ambient noise level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
1-3. Machine weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Chapter 8