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• Thermoplastic fiber can not cut by this machine

• Use of the machine is limited.
Drill Cutting
• Needed to mark on the components specially for pocket and dart setting
• For tightly woven fabric, making of hole by drill is permanent for long
• In hypodermic drill some color is sprayed along the hole so that it can ease to find the marked place.
Advantages

• Need to mark on the components
• Make the hole permanently for long time
Disadvantages
• Only used for making the hole in the fabric

• For loose woven fabric it cannot make the hole permanently for long time
Computer controlled knife
• This method provide the most accurate possible cutting at high speed.
• Marker is not necessary to put over the fabric lays during cutting.
• Cutting knife is oval shaped & very hard.

• Sharpness is also high & blade is made of stainless steel.
• Cutting knife itself moves according to the
• direction of computer memory.
• This machine is CAM system
Advantages

• Very fast cutting operation
• Very active cutting by computer controlled system.
• Suitable for very large production and less labour cost
• Speed can be controlled and Intensity of accident is low.
• No need of marker and Fabric can be cut 6-8 times than manual methods:

• Very expensive.
Disadvantages
• Higher maintenance cost.
• Skilled manpower is required.

• If correct disc not loaded error will be indicated
Laser Cutting Machine
• Fabric is cut try a ray of light in a very fine spot using a laser
• Radius of spot of light is a 25 mm & high powerful
• When the ray falls on a material, it generates heat on the material and cutting is done by vaporization
• Fabric is cut at speed of 13m per minute
• Cutting head is controlled by computer

Advantages
• Very fast cutting operation.
• Can be cut in a proper line as the cutting head is controlled by computer

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CITS : Apparel - Fashion Design & Technology -Lesson 13-24