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Cutting
Manual
Scissors
Machine
Portable cutting knives (can be
moved to and through a spread
by operator)
Straight
knife
Round
knife
Plasma
cutting
Water jet
cutting
Laser
cutting
Transferring marks
Notchers
Drills and
thread
markers
Scissors
Hand Shears
Flexible enough to
accommodate any pattern
construction and pattern
shape
Power system
Handle
Sharpening
Cutting blade
Blade guard
Up and down movement
One way thrust as the circular
blade makes contact with the
fabric
Round knife
Base plate
Straight knife
Round knife
Vertical blade
about 15cm
identical
Transferring marks
Marks and notches are transferred from the
markers to the surface of garment parts to
facilitate sewing operations.
Operator depends on marks for alignment,
placement of parts and special treatments during
sewing.
Notchers
Notches can be cut by straight knife too but accuracy is
required.
Specialized notching equipment provides greater accuracy
because a guide lines up the notcher with the cut edge.
Hot notcher consists of a heating element (blade) that slightly
scorches the fibers adjacent to the notch . It is not ideal for
It is a computer operated high speed single ply cutting device, that offers many of the same
features as a laser jet machine, but at a very low price.
Problems same as for laser cutting
Cutting
Water jet cutting
A very high velocity, small diameter stream of water is created by
applying high pressure water to a nozzle. The high pressure jet acts as a solid
tool when it encounters the material to be cut, tearing the fibers on impact. As
the jet penetrates successive plies in a spread, the momentum decreases and
cutting ability is reduced.
The jet spreads out and the cut is wider and rougher at the bottom of the
spread.