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Placement of equipment in the 11

textile cutting room ☆

11.1 Introduction

The correct placement of workstations is necessary for maximum efficiency of the
spreading and the cutting processes. The following conditions are required:
Minimal movement of fabric rolls and bundles of cut components to decrease the workload
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of the operators.
Minimal movement and deformation of the prepared spreads to prevent displacement of
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fabric plies.
Synchronized work process for all operations performed in the cutting room.
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11.2 The placement of manual spreads and cutting
equipment/workstations in the cutting room

Spreading and cutting operations are performed on a spreading table to minimize the
movement of the prepared spreads. In cutting rooms with a small capacity, the fabric
is spread and cut on the same table surface by the same workers using movable cut-
ting machines with straight knives. In larger cutting rooms, longer spreading tables
are used. Their surfaces are divided into separate zones for spreading and cutting.
A spread is laid at the beginning of the table and then transferred to the cutting zone
where cutting operators continue the work. When the first zone is free, the next spread-
ing process is performed (see Fig. 11.1).
If a band-knife machine is also used (for cutting small components and components
with complex shape), it is placed at the end of the spreading table (see Fig. 11.2). The
blocks of roughly cut small components (cut by movable machines) are transferred
along the surface of the spreading table to the work surface of the band-knife machine
for further fine cutting. Due to an initial layer of firm underlay paper with a slippery
surface, which is spread under the fabric plies (see Section 4.2.2), the fabric spread or
its cut parts may be moved along the table surface without deformation of the plies.

11.3 Placement of automated spreading and cutting
equipment/workstations in the cutting room

Performing automated cutting process, textile materials have to be fed in quick and
maximally organized way, using minimal floor space. The most part of the cutting

☆ We thank Cosmotex company, Spain and Mr. Xarles for their kind support in development of the chapter.
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