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Glossary 289

Shoulders of the cutting blade the tapered step in the side of a blade where the bevel meets the
flat tang. A square, straight, clean shoulder has always been a badge of quality.
Single-belt cradle an element of a fabric feeding system, designed from a single conveyor belt
that covers the full width of the cradle.
Sorting and bundling of cut components the last work operation performed in a cutting room
during which a full set of components of an article is formed, cut garments are grouped by
sizes and colours.
Splice lines two lines marked in every splice placed in the marker. The zone between the splice
lines is the area where the fabric is laid double (overlapping) to obtain all cut components in
their full shape from the first or from the second piece of fabric.
Splice marks marks to determine the places where the fabric has to be spread double. They are
printed outside the marker borders along its bottom and top edge or marked directly on the
edges of a spreading table before spreading process.
Splice places zones where more or less straight lines may be lined across the fabric width,
the fabric ply could be cut off and the fault cut out not affecting the quality of cut
components.
Spreader truck the part of a spreading machine that ensures the transportation of a fabric roll
above a spreading table in longwise and crosswise direction. It has two main parts – a body
and a turret.
Spreader truck body the part of the spreader track that ensures lengthways transportation of a
fabric roll above a spreading table.
Spreader truck turret the part of a spreader truck that ensures crosswise transportation
of a fabric roll during spreading process. It can move aside to adjust the alignment
differences of the fabric roll in order to achieve a perfect fabric edge placement on the
table.
Spreading a process during which fabric is cut in certain length pieces and placed one above
the other in many plies.
Spreading machine a machine that moves above the spreading table, carries a roll of fabric,
ensures qualitative placement of a fabric ply on the top of a spread, and cuts the ply.
Spreading mode the way how fabric is spread. It determines the placement of a face side of
every fabric ply in a spread, up or down, and the placement direction of every fabric ply in a
spread, one way or both ways.
Spreading table a table with smooth surface to perform spreading process. The table surface
can be perforated and equipped with air flotation system that provides air to lift the lay mov-
ing it to cutting section or vacuum system to hold lay in place.
Stand panel/platform a special platform fixed on the body of the spreading machine to trans-
port the operator alongside the table during the spreading process.
Static (flat bed) tables fixed work surface on which the cutting process is completed in
one step.
Stationary fabric feeding system fabric roll/folded fabric during spreading process is kept
fixed at the beginning of the spreading table.
Step kind of spread a spread in which a different number of plies is laid in its different two or
more zones (steps).
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Tangential knife a kind of drag knife whose movement direction is servo controlled to match
the direction of the cut path. It is opposed to a traditional drag knife that is dragged without
any direction control.
Tearing device a device of an automated spreading machine to tear light fabrics.
Tubular fabric a fabric in tubular form knitted on a circular knitting machine.