Single-needle lockstitch
Juki
DDL-8700-7
Power
450W
Weight
30.0kg (66.1 lb)
Juki DDL-9000C-FSH
Photo: Juki
Single-needle lockstitch
F5 · Professional
Juki DDL-9000C-FSH
Price
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Data from official source
The DDL-9000C-FSH is the full-digital, heavy-weight variant of Juki's DDL-9000C straight lockstitch line: the same compact 400 W servomotor mounted straight on the main shaft, but with a longer 35 mm needle bar stroke and Nm125-160 needle range for sewing thick fabric and multiple plies without skipping stitches.
Lubrication switches to a dedicated minute-quantity system, different from the medium-weight variant's, built for the extra heat of heavy-duty work. Foot lift still reaches 15 mm with the knee lifter, on top of the 5.5 mm hand-lever lift, and the double-edge rotary thread trimmer remains standard.
It's a garment-line machine for heavy material — padding, multiple layers of technical fabric — not a general-purpose lockstitch: top speed drops to 4,500 stitches per minute versus the medium-weight variant, the trade-off for greater penetration power.
01 · Verified data
Technical specifications
Weight
40.5 kg (89.3 lb)
| Parameter | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 40.5 kg (89.3 lb) | manufacturer website |
| Maximum speed | 4500 spm | Declared by the brand |
| Maximum stitch length | 5 mm | Declared by the brand |
| Presser foot lift (hand) | 5.5 mm | Declared by the brand |
| Maximum presser foot lift | 15 mm | Declared by the brand |
| Needle system | DBx1 | Declared by the brand |
| Needle size range | #20～23（Nm125～160） | Declared by the brand |
| Motor and drive | Direct drive | Declared by the brand |
| Automatic functions | Automatic thread trimmer, Automatic foot lifter | Declared by the brand |
| Needle bar stroke | 35 mm | Declared by the brand |
02 · Summary
Pros and cons
In favour
- Needle range reaches Nm160, the range for heavy material and multiple plies
- The 35 mm needle bar stroke is the longest in the series, built for thick plies
- Knee-lever foot lift reaches 15 mm, freeing the hands to position the piece
- The automatic thread trimmer and two-stage foot lift remove two manual steps at every piece change
Worth knowing
- Top speed drops to 4,500 stitches per minute — the trade-off for greater capacity on heavy material
- Maximum stitch length is still 5 mm even on this variant — wider topstitching calls for another machine in the range
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Power
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Weight
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