Before you send away boxes full of clothing to be embroidered, whether it's for band merchandise or school uniform, you'll be curious as to how mass embroidery is carried out. Most people are under the impression that computer software can carry out the whole process, but they are mistaken.
Before they are applied to fabric, images need to be 'digitised'. CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture) and CAD (Computer Aided Design) are the two technologies responsible for making sure the scanning of an image onto a computer goes smoothly, so that it can read the data. Each alternate design has a different screen resolution once it has been scanned in, so sometimes the digitising process can produce warped images that look very different to the design that was first sent to be used.Human labour is needed at this stage to monitor the digitising of each design to check that it is scanned onto the computer looking the same as it did in the beginning. Without this human intervention there could be hoards of warped and stretched designs being sewn onto garments and just sent out to customers without further thought. This would waste time, money and the materials used in the process.
The image transfer to the sewing machine comes after the human checks for any errors in the digitisation process and this is the first stage in getting the design embroidered. The worker will need to manually change any images that did get altered in the digitising process, so that they appear the same on the garment once embroidered as they did when sent in by the customer. The pattern which was put together by the computer is then sent along with the design to the sewing machine. Until almost the very last moment the embroidered design often doesn't look anything like the original image, due to the different layers of colour and the way that the thread must be applied. Often there are a few small details added at the end which tie the whole picture or text together to make it look perfect.
Fabric, colours and designs always vary, which means that occasionally a human will need to intervene in the process to change needles and threadsThis does slow down the embroidery process a little, meaning that most designs take between 24 and 48 hours to complete to the stage that they are ready to be sent back to the customer. Once one image has been digitised it doesn't need to go through the process again because it will have been stored onto the computer and the pattern onto the sewing machine so it can be used again. In fact, processing 100 baseball caps with one logo would take less time than processing 20 each with a different one.
Whether it's embroidery done on just one garment or on 1000 this article has outlined the method and techniques used to get the job done. Embroidery has not always been carried out using computer technology and indeed not always with electronic sewing machines, but since the days in which these methods started to be used the industry has simply been growing and growing. Whether it's embroidery done on just one garment or on 1000 this article has outlined the method and techniques used to get the job done. Embroidery has not always been carried out using computer technology and indeed not always with electronic sewing machines, but since the days in which these methods started to be used the industry has simply been growing and growing.
Before they are applied to fabric, images need to be 'digitised'. CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture) and CAD (Computer Aided Design) are the two technologies responsible for making sure the scanning of an image onto a computer goes smoothly, so that it can read the data. Each alternate design has a different screen resolution once it has been scanned in, so sometimes the digitising process can produce warped images that look very different to the design that was first sent to be used.Human labour is needed at this stage to monitor the digitising of each design to check that it is scanned onto the computer looking the same as it did in the beginning. Without this human intervention there could be hoards of warped and stretched designs being sewn onto garments and just sent out to customers without further thought. This would waste time, money and the materials used in the process.
The image transfer to the sewing machine comes after the human checks for any errors in the digitisation process and this is the first stage in getting the design embroidered. The worker will need to manually change any images that did get altered in the digitising process, so that they appear the same on the garment once embroidered as they did when sent in by the customer. The pattern which was put together by the computer is then sent along with the design to the sewing machine. Until almost the very last moment the embroidered design often doesn't look anything like the original image, due to the different layers of colour and the way that the thread must be applied. Often there are a few small details added at the end which tie the whole picture or text together to make it look perfect.
Fabric, colours and designs always vary, which means that occasionally a human will need to intervene in the process to change needles and threadsThis does slow down the embroidery process a little, meaning that most designs take between 24 and 48 hours to complete to the stage that they are ready to be sent back to the customer. Once one image has been digitised it doesn't need to go through the process again because it will have been stored onto the computer and the pattern onto the sewing machine so it can be used again. In fact, processing 100 baseball caps with one logo would take less time than processing 20 each with a different one.
Whether it's embroidery done on just one garment or on 1000 this article has outlined the method and techniques used to get the job done. Embroidery has not always been carried out using computer technology and indeed not always with electronic sewing machines, but since the days in which these methods started to be used the industry has simply been growing and growing. Whether it's embroidery done on just one garment or on 1000 this article has outlined the method and techniques used to get the job done. Embroidery has not always been carried out using computer technology and indeed not always with electronic sewing machines, but since the days in which these methods started to be used the industry has simply been growing and growing.
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Consilium Group specialises in the supply of embroidered clothing, digitally printed clothing, promotional clothing and more. Visit http://www.consilium-clothing.co.uk/ to view the company's wide range of product offerings.
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