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FASHION DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY - CITS

Module 5: Garment Mass Production

LESSON 25 : Classification of cutting machines

Objectives

At the end of this lesson, you shall be able to explain
• classification of cutting machines.

In bulk garment manufacturing, multiple fabric layers are cut at a time by means of cutting machines. Different types
of cutting machines and equipment are available for cutting fabrics and machines are used as per requirement
and production volume.
Different Types of cutting Machines
Cutting machine and equipment can be categorized as following:
1 Manual cutting

2 Semi-automatic cutting machine
3 Fully automatic cutting machine
1 Manual cutting
Hand scissors are used for cutting fabric plies manually. Hand scissors are not machines but very useful cutting
equipment.Hand Scissors and Shears are common tool in fabric cutting process (Fig 1)

Fig 1

2 Semi-automatic cutting machines
Straight Knife cutting machine: The straight knife is electrically driven, versatile, portable and cheaper than a band
knife, more accurate on curves than a round knife and relatively reliable and easy to maintain. Operator moves
this cutting machine and fabric remains constant on table.(Fig 2)

Fig 2

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