Continuous feed fabric cutting
US9895819B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2016 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23K2103/38
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of continuous feed fabric cutting are described. In one example, a system includes a textile cutter having a cutting table and a laser cutting assembly. The laser cutting assembly includes a set of laser cut modules arranged in a row to provide a combined laser cutting span across at least a portion of the cutting table. The laser cut modules provide respective laser cutting spans which, collectively, form the combined laser cutting span across the cutting table. As a textile sheet is fed across the cutting table of the textile cutter, one or more textile panels or pieces of fabric can be cut out from the textile sheet using laser beams along the region where the textile sheet intersects or crosses the combined laser cutting span. The laser cutting assembly can provide continuous cutting as a sheet is being fed across the cutting table.
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