Operation Instructions - Smake Workflow - Station: Hooping with HoopStation

Index

1. Turn on the TouchBOX

2. Logging in to the TouchBOX with your employee ID card

3. Scan ID-Tag

4. Positioning EPS

5. Change Frame

6. Design Placement

7. Assistance tools

8. Finalize

9. Possible Error Messages and Notes

 

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First switch on the HoopStation via the red button and then the TouchBOX. On the TouchBOX V4 you will find a switch for this on the bottom side. It may take a few seconds to boot the Box and the HoopStation.

 

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2. Logging in to the TouchBOX with your employee ID card

After switching on your TouchBOX, the login interface appears first. You should already have created a staff card. If this is not already the case, your production supervisor can create it for you.

Hold the QR Code of your card below the scanner to log in. This is absolutely necessary. Each employee must always log in at the station where they work.

 

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3. Scan ID-Tag

Scan the ID Tag as usual to get more information and start hooping.

Next you will see a preview of the textile as the customer has designed it, if there are several views available they will also be shown in the left part. In the middle you see the current preview in the upper part and a preview of the embroidery program in the lower part.

 

You now have the possibility to transfer the embroidery program to the EPS by pressing the button „POSITIONING (EPS)“.

 

 

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4. Positioning EPS

The embroidery program will now be automatically sent to the HoopStation. You will now see a reduced interface from the normal HoopStation.
View of the surface on the TouchBOX	Projector view

 

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5. Change Frame

Click on the hoop icon at the left edge to open a selection of already created hoops. Here you can easily select the hoop you need.

 

 

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Put the textile (without the frame and frame holder) onto your HoopStation, while pulling the textile over the HoopMaster as usual.   On the right side of the TouchBOX you can see a preview of the order or the mockup of the ordered item from which you can see the placement of the motif / logo. The logo is displayed on the projector in the meantime. You can move the logo by using the position buttons.

 

When you have found the correct position, remove the garment from the HoopStation and mount the hoop in the position that is shown.

 

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6. Design Placement

You now have the possibility to move the design inside the frame. You also have the option to rotate the design.

Rotation and placement of the design are stored in the cloud and are recalled on the embroidery machine, so no manual adjustment on the embroidery machine is necessary.

 

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7. Assistance tools

There are several aids available to help you achieve the best possible placement.

Grid

You can have a grid projected onto the textile by clicking on the „Grid“ button.

 

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Neck-Shoulder-Point

The „Neck-Shoulder-Point“ line that you can access by clicking on the „HSP“ button projects a virtual ruler that is always displayed from the center of the logos.

 

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Margin Tool

This tool draws a red-dotted frame around your design and by clicking on the „Margin size“ button. You can specify the size of the frame, which is ideal for keeping a given distance from seams or pockets.

 

 

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Invert

If you have problems recognizing the subject or the lines because the underlying textile color makes it difficult, you can use the Invert function and improve the display on different textile colors.
	„Normal“ View	Inverted View

 

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8. Finalize

If the design is placed like in the preview / on the mockup, you can put on the magnetic frame.

Finally press the button „DONE AND CONTINUE“. With this action the embroidery program is regenerated and prepared for scanning at the embroidery machine.

The offset data is stored so that no manual adjustment on the embroidery machine is necessary.