Industrial Cutting of Textile Materials

About the author Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to cutting room operations in garment manufacture Abstract: 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Storage, registration and inspection of materials 1.3 Lay planning and marker making processes 1.4 The fabric spreading process 1.5 The fabric cutting process 1.6 Fusing cut components 1.7 Final stages of cutting operations Chapter 2: Initial preparation and quality control of textile materials in textile cutting operations Abstract: 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Unloading delivered textile materials 2.3 Sorting and counting the delivered textile materials 2.4 Storage of textile materials in a warehouse 2.5 Quality control of stored textile materials 2.6 Influence of textile faults on the industrial manufacture of garments Chapter 3: Lay planning and marker making in textile cutting operations Abstract: 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Basic principles of the lay planning process 3.3 Automation of the lay planning process and cutting room operations 3.4 General characteristics of the marker making process 3.5 Influence of textile material properties on the marker making process 3.6 Placing pattern pieces of fusible components in a marker 3.7 Creation of interlining markers 3.8 Automated marker making process Chapter 4: Principles and methods of textile spreading Abstract: 4.1 Introduction 4.2 General characteristics of the spreading process 4.3 Fabric spreading modes and their application 4.4 Dealing with different kinds of spread 4.5 Fabric quality issues Chapter 5: Manual spreading of textile materials Abstract: 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Characteristics of the manual spreading process 5.3 Manual spreading process modes 5.4 Disadvantages of the manual spreading process 5.5 Equipment for manual spreading Chapter 6: Automated spreading of textile materials Abstract: 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The spreading table 6.3 The spreading machine and its main parts 6.4 Control features in the spreading process 6.5 Semi-automated and fully automated spreading processes 6.6 Spreading machine for tubular materials 6.7 Spreading modes in the automated spreading process 6.8 Automated fabric fault registration and management systems 6.9 Comparing manual and automated spreading processes Chapter 7: The manual textile cutting process Abstract: 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Characteristics of the manual cutting process 7.3 Notches and cloth marking drills 7.4 Accuracy problems in the manual cutting process Chapter 8: Manual cutting equipment in textile cutting operations Abstract: 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The straight knife cutting machine 8.3 The round (rotary) knife cutting machine 8.4 The small round knife cutting machine 8.5 The band knife cutting machine 8.6 The fabric drilling machine 8.7 The hot notching machine Chapter 9: Automated cutting of textile materials Abstract: 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Automated cutting systems and their main parts 9.3 Automated knife cutting systems 9.4 Knife cutting systems for textiles 9.5 Automated laser cutting systems 9.6 Automated water-jet cutting systems 9.7 Automated plasma cutting systems 9.8 Automated ultrasonic cutting systems 9.9 Multi-purpose cutters Chapter 10: Placement of equipment in the textile cutting room Abstract: 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Placement of manual spreading and cutting equipment/workstations in the cutting room 10.3 Placement of automated spreading and cutting equipment/workstations in the cutting room 10.4 Lay storage systems for automated cutting processes Chapter 11: Fusing cut textile components Abstract: 11.1 Introduction 11.2 General characteristics of interlinings 11.3 Fusing presses and their main parts 11.4 Fusing quality problems and their prevention Chapter 12: Final work operations in the cutting process for textiles Abstract: 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Causes of quality problems in cut components 12.3 Quality control of cut components 12.4 Re-cutting faulty components 12.5 Numbering cut components 12.