Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Schneiden von Musterstücken

摘要

Pattern pieces 24 for made-to-order garments are cut from successive bites of limp sheet material 20. Control means 22 is supplied with data and continuously generates therefrom a marker defining the pattern pieces. Moreover, it arranges the pattern pieces in one or more bites of the sheet material and controls the size of each bite to achieve optimum use of the material. Longitudinal movement of carriage 18, and translational, vertical and rotational movement of a cutter 16 carried thereby, are all controlled so as to cut out the pattern pieces. The carriage 18 also carries means (44, Figs 2 to 4) to couple the material to the carriage when it advances a new bite of the material. A vacuum system (Fig 5) keeps the material in place during cutting. A second carriage 90 supports a labelling unit 100 (see also Figs 6 & 7) which prints and applies labels to the pattern pieces so that they can be distinguished from one another. The means 22 controls all of these functions.