As manufacturers and retailers continue to achieve rapid response times and lower production costs, the need for automated cutting systems have increased to stay competitive in todays market. Dieless cutting system are widely used in the apparel industry for cutting fabrics of all kinds, fiberfill, fleece, porous mesh, nylon, denim and even tough leathers with minimal scrap and maximum productivity.
The key to acheiving flexibility in any sector of the transportation industry is to choose long term solutions that grow with you as your manufacturing processes so rapidly change. Regardless if you are an OEM, tier one or two supplier, automotive interior trim, or automotive or aircraft seating manufacturer the challenges are all the same: increased material utilization, lead time of new products, reduced labor costs, and flexible tooling capabilities for production. Dieless cutting systems will play an impotant role in increasing prodcutivity and workmanship while at the same time improve quality and reduce manufacturing costs.
Whether you cut pre-preg, or dry materials using carbon fiber, fiberglass, aramid, or more exotic materials, quick, simple and efficient computerized systems have made it possible to lay-up composites directly from the cutting table. Composite materials have always required costly special care, handling and storage. Automated cutting definitely eleviates the problems of storage of cut parts and kits. Many of the polymer-based materials used in composite manufacturing are considered to be the most exspensive in the world. The key to improving your manufacturing processes is automation. Auotmating your production capabilites will reduce costs on material and labor, reduce inventory, improve ergonomics, increase just-in-time delivery of parts to production, and improve the quality of the finished product.
Conventional diecutting had been the traditional manufacturing process for the fabrication of foams and related packaging products for years. Dieless cutting has made a vast impact on this industry primarily due to the precision workmanship with a high degree of repeatability and positioining accracy these cutting systems can offer. Cutting with pure water causes no thermal or mechanical distortion, features a very narrow cutting width, produces excellent clean edge quality, no dust, pollutants or toxic fumes, increases lead time of new products, eliminates the "hour-glass effect" so commonly seen from traditional die cutting, and reduces labor and material costs.
The benefits of automated cutting have been utilized by some of the most respected names in the furniture industry because of cost reduction and quality. Production felxibility, accuracy and consistency are three major benefits of an ATOM dieless cutting system: felxibility to switch from one product to another, the accuracy to produce shapes exactly as the designer perceived it, and the consistency in the quality of the cut allowing the assembly line to produce the highest quality porduct with maximum efficiencies.
Leather has been considered a timeless resource that signifies luxury and quality that in the past required a skilled craftsman to deliver a finished product. Although leather manufacturing is still considered an art, companies began to look elsewhere to increase lead time and save on material and labor costs. In the past, costs associated with leather production were hard to quantify given the unusual characteristics of the material: irregular shape, inconsistent thickness, and varying quality.
In the aerospace industry you cut everything from composite structures, thin parachute materials, thick carpeting to advanced space suits. With a dieless cutting system you can maximize your productivity by saving on materials, producing accurate parts with in seconds and providing your customer the immediate response they so highly demand.
Awnings, tarps, car and boat covers, tents, sails, inflatables, surgical fabrics, with an ATOM CAD/CAM knife cutting system you can cut it all, quickly and accurately.