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materials ☆

6.1 Introduction

Manual spreading is time- and labour-intensive. With the development of mass pro-
duction, the manual spreading process could no longer provide the necessary produc-
tivity, and the need arose for specialized machines that were capable of carrying out
spreading at a much higher speed. The first spreading machines carried a roll of fabric
over the table and performed a mechanized spreading process (see Section 5.5.3). New
systems and techniques have since been developed. Since computer technology has
been used to create and store patterns and their markers, spreading processes have
become fully automated.
Automated spreading machines (see Fig. 6.1) have significantly increased the
productivity of the spreading process but have not altered its main work princi-
ples. Similar operations are performed in both the manual and automated spread-
ing processes: splice making, determination of faults during the spreading process,
formation of step spreads, others. Several companies produce automated spreading
machines for a variety of textiles and uses: clothing, furniture, car interiors, tech-
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nical needs, and several other industries: Cosmotex (Spain), Eastman (the United
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States), Gerber (the United States), Lectra (France), Kuris (Germany), Bullmer
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(Germany), Phillips (the United Kingdom), Morgan Tecnica (Italy), FK group
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(Italy), IMA SPA (Italy), B.K.R. Italia (Italy), Caron Technology (Italy),
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Oteman (Spain), Lidem (Spain), Unicraft Corporation (the United States),
☆ We thank Cosmotex company, Spain and Mr. Xarles for their kind support in development of the chapter.
1 http://www.cosmotex.net
2 https://www.eastmancuts.com
3 http://www.gerbertechnology.com
4 https://vector.lectra.com
5 http://www.kuris.de
6 http://www.bullmer.de
7 http://www.phillipstextilemachinery.co.uk
8 http://www.morgantecnica.com
9 http://fkgroup.com
10 http://www.imaitaly.biz
11 http://www.bkritalia.com
12 http://www.carontechnology.com
13 http://www.oteman.com
14 http://www.lidem.com
15 http://unicraftcorp.com
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