Brother PR-600 - Manual (Page 10)

Machine Structure and Features ix
Machine Structure and Features
Six-needle machine
embroidering
This machine can sew embroidery while
automatically changing thread colors by selecting
one of the six needles, each of which is threaded
with a different color of thread.
The mechanism that moves the needles up and
down is called the needle bar, and the needle bars
are in the needle bar case. The needle bars are
named from right to left: needle bar 1, needle bar 2,
needle bar 3, needle bar 4 , needle bar 5, and needle
bar 6.
1 N eedle bar 1
2 Needle 1
3 Needle bar case
The machine automatically assigns thread colors to
the needles. If needles are already threaded by the
same colors that are going to sew on the next
pattern, the machine will assign those needles to the
right colors automatically to reduce the number of
thread spool change. Therefore the machine does
not always assign colors according as the needle
number. The machine assigns colors based on the
threaded condition.
Memo
● Sewing is not necessarily performed in the
order of the needle bar numbers.
The thread colors assigned to the needle bars are
listed on the screen. Thread the needle bars as
indicated.
1 The threads threaded on the needle bars are
indicated as shown here.
The spool pins, thread tension knobs, thread take-up
levers and thread paths, mentioned when threading
the upper thread, are different according to their
corresponding needle bar number.
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