Page 299 - Industrial Cutting of Textile Materials

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Inspection of fabrics before cutting a process during which the following data about deliv-
ered textile materials are obtained: footage, width, number of different shades of one colour,
and shrinkage after washing and fusing processes.
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Interleaving paper (tissues) paper (20–40 g/m ) spread between fabric plies in a spread to sepa-
rate fabric plies from different rolls or to separate the cut components into manageable bundles.
Interlining fabric mostly coated with thermoplastic resin to fuse face fabric components in-
creasing their strength and stability.

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Kerf the width of the groove/gap made in the material while cutting with laser.
Kiss cutting cutting of the top layer of a material without cutting through an attached
material.
Kitting process in which individually separate but related items are grouped, packaged, and
supplied together as one unit.

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Lace an openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work and made by machine or by
hand plaiting, knotting, looping, or twisting.
Large base iron (heat seal iron) An iron with a large heated base, used for thermoadhesive
papers to fix a marker on top of a spread.
Laser cutting bridge an industrial machine for cutting and engraving of textiles by laser.
Lay end cutter a cutting device, usually a round knife, used to cut laid fabric lays. It is fixed
on a guiding rail perpendicularly to the width of the fabric. Often a lay end cutter is available
together with a fabric feeder, rear and front cloth presses, and a layer counter.
Lay planning a process during which different two or more garment sizes are combined in ev-
ery marker; the number of fabric plies in every spread and the number of spreads laid down
for every marker are determined.
Lining a fabric used to cover the inner sides of a garment. It gets into contact with underworn
garments. Interlining fabrics have slippery surface to improve put-on-and-off comfort and
increase movement comfort.

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Manual lay end cutter a cutting device (usually a round knife) to cut laid fabric ply is trans-
ported along a guiding rail manually using pull/push handle.
Manual spreading spreading process that is performed by two (could be also one) workers.
They move a fabric ply above a spreading table, ensure quality placement of the ply, recog-
nize faults in the fabric, make decision to leave or cut them out, count plies, and cut fabric
ply at the end of the spread.
Marking by laser the laser beam slightly alters material properties or appearance. The colour
change of the treated material is the most typical physical effect of this process.
Movable fabric feeder a movable carriage on which the fabric roll is fixed. It can move along
a spreading table and perform ‘face to face in both directions’ (zig-zag) mode.
Movable fabric feeding system a fabric roll/folded fabric during spreading process is trans-
ported above the spreading table on a body of the spreading machine.
Multibelt cradle an element of a fabric feeding system, designed from several narrow con-
veyor belts that cover the full width of the cradle.
Multiroll cradle an element of a fabric feeding system, designed from three or more small-
diameter iron cylinders, fixed side to side of the spreading machine.