Leading manufacturers will exhibit new CAD/CAM solutions for the processing of textile and flexible materials at the Texprocess 2015 trade fair that will take place from 4-7 May in Frankfurt.

The CAD/CAM manufacturers’ branch has registered that the customers have diversified into new growth markets away from the conventional industries towards technical textiles, functional apparel textiles, leather and other flat material.

Savings potential

At this stage a number of trends have already become clear from the announcements of the CAD/CAM exhibitors, Messe Frankfurt reports.

According to these trends, hardware (equipment) without software will hardly exist in the future. The offered concepts do not provide for single components but for comprehensive applications offering full integrability into the production environment.

Almost every consulted provider is offering solutions for the automatic cutting of continuously repeating patterned fabrics. Such applications can have large savings potential.

Cutting systems

As far as the cutting systems are concerned, mechanical knife-cutters provided with interchangeable tools, depending on the type of the system, are dominating.

The following novelties will be presented at the trade show: the three-dimensional water jet cutter cutexpert minijet and the Gerber Technology Paragon Cutter.

With regards to the front end software sector (computer aided design), the branch is willing to finally herald the methodical paradigm shift by means of comprehensive development of construction and modification modules (clothing industry).

Zünd single-layer cutters

At Texprocess 2015, the Swiss manufacturer Zünd will present their single-layer cutters G3 and S3, provided with large tooling equipment for a nearly endless material spectrum within the range of technical textiles, clothing textiles, leather and other flat material.

The fair highlight will be the presentation of technology for the automatic and sharp-contoured motif cutting of individually printed textiles and films for promotional items and sportswear, and the precisely tailored automatic cutting of patterned fabrics.

In addition, the presentation of new options for material feeding and special software applications is planned in co-operation with the company’s partners.

Gerber Technology with new CAD 3D modules

The supplier Gerber Technology will show its universal CAD/CAM product line-up at the Texprocess trade fair. One of the novelties to be showcased is the integration of an own trend-setting CAD three-dimensional module into the Accumark V 10.0 design, which is said to allow the users to cover the entire value chain of a fashion idea from the prototype to the series and/or single unit production.

In addition, Gerber will present its automatic Nestingsoftware MC, which is installed in the interface before the automatic cutting process. The machine ensures a utilization factor that has been increased by up to 3% compared to single core solutions, the company reports.

Expert Systemtechnik presents 3D cutter

The exhibitor Expert Systemtechnik is specialised in the field of single-layer cutting and low-layer cutting of flat material and represents this segment at the Texprocess trade fair by showing its cutting systems cutexpert ecocam, CNC knife, cutexpert minijet 3D and three dimensional water jet cutter.

As a fair novelty the company presents its minijet three-dimensional cutter, which is said to allow interpolation in three linear and two rotational axes. The product is targeted on prototyping and small lot production.

Besides cutting of technical textiles, it is especially suited for cutting high-volume flat material that is used for forming cones and pyramids or for producing chamfered cuts, the manufacturer reports.

bullmer production lines with material feeding

In the past decade bullmer has concentrated his activities on the cutting technology in the area of machining technical textiles. The company will demonstrate a wide range of manufacturing solutions based on company-owned and customer oriented developments.

At the Texprocess trade fair bullmer will present two production lines with material feeding, which cover the areas of single layer cutting, low-layer cutting and high-layer cutting.

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