Page 8 - Industrial Cutting of Textile Materials

Contents vii

9 Automated cutting of textile materials 115
9.1 Introduction 115
9.2 Automated cutting systems and their
main parts 116
9.3 Automated knife cutting systems 116
9.4 Automated water-jet cutting systems 140
9.5 Automated ultrasonic cutting systems 142
9.6 Multipurpose cutters 143
9.7 Automated cutting of technical textiles 145
9.8 Future trends 149
Further reading 149

10 Automated laser cutting of textile materials 151
10.1 Introduction 151
10.2 Automated laser cutting systems and their
main parts 151
10.3 Cutting table 156
10.4 Laser cutting parameters 159
10.5 Gantry laser cutting systems 162
10.6 Laser textile finishing (decorating) 163
10.7 Denim laser finishing (denim laser marking, fading, laser wash,
discolouration) 166
10.8 Embroidery laser finishing 169
10.9 Laser cutting of textiles of different origin 173
10.10 Laser cutting for technical textiles 174
10.11 Laser cutting for apparel textiles 175
10.12 Future trends 176
Further reading 176

11 Placement of equipment in the textile cutting room 179
11.1 Introduction 179
11.2 The placement of manual spreads and cutting
equipment/workstations in the cutting room 179
11.3 Placement of automated spreading and cutting
equipment/workstations in the cutting room 179
Further reading 187

12 Fusing of cut textile components 189
12.1 Introduction 189
12.2 The general characteristic of interlinings 189
12.3 Fusing presses and their main parts 192
12.4 Fusing quality problems and their
prevention 200
12.5 Future trends 204
Further reading 205