If you're embarking on a mission to have a batch of clothing (perhaps a sports kit or a work uniform) embroidered then it's more than likely you'll want to know what the process involves. With today's technology you would think that it's all done digitally by computers, but that's not entirely the case.
A design must first be digitised before it can be embroidered by a sewing machine. This means that the design needs to be scanned in and changed into a certain format, involving the use of CAD and CAM technology (Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacture, respectively). Often the digitising process produces images that are 'messed up' or that look very different to the original, because the number of pixels in the scanned image and the number on the computer screen are different. Therefore, before the design can be embroidered onto the fabric a human must oversee the computers to check that they are digitising the images correctly. Even though much of the process uses machinery, it is absolutely essential for this monitoring from humans, or there could be so many poorly digitised designs embroidered onto fabric and sent out to very unhappy customers.
So, once an image has been checked by a human to see if it has been digitized correctly it can be sent to the sewing machine for embroidering. If it has come out skewed then the person will have to manually adjust the image so that it looks the same as the one sent by the customer. The sewing machine reads the pattern which the computer has worked out for the image. When it's being embroidered sometimes the image doesn't look anything like the finished one right up until the end as different layers of colour and thread need to be sewn at different times. Each different colour and shape comes together at the end.
Depending on the design and the fabric that it's being embroidered on to, sometimes the sewing machine will need to change needles and threads, which sometimes requires manual work from a human. Because of this, the processing time for the average embroidered image is about one or two days (from the moment that the image is received from the customer, to the moment that it has been fully embroidered and ready to be sent off). If an individual would like many copies of one image then there's no need to digitize each one, but simply use the same sewing machine and computer as they will already have the digitized image stored on them. This means that it's much quicker to process a batch of 50 shirts with one design on them than 10 with all different ones.
This brings us to the conclusion for the process of embroidering a design onto a garment, explaining how they are done both individually and in mass corporate clothing manufacture. The now thriving industry owes itself to advances in computer aided manufacturing technology, which has cut down the time it takes to embroider an item of clothing considerably. This brings us to the conclusion for the process of embroidering a design onto a garment, explaining how they are done both individually and in mass corporate clothing manufacture. The now thriving industry owes itself to advances in computer aided manufacturing technology, which has cut down the time it takes to embroider an item of clothing considerably. - 15683
A design must first be digitised before it can be embroidered by a sewing machine. This means that the design needs to be scanned in and changed into a certain format, involving the use of CAD and CAM technology (Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacture, respectively). Often the digitising process produces images that are 'messed up' or that look very different to the original, because the number of pixels in the scanned image and the number on the computer screen are different. Therefore, before the design can be embroidered onto the fabric a human must oversee the computers to check that they are digitising the images correctly. Even though much of the process uses machinery, it is absolutely essential for this monitoring from humans, or there could be so many poorly digitised designs embroidered onto fabric and sent out to very unhappy customers.
So, once an image has been checked by a human to see if it has been digitized correctly it can be sent to the sewing machine for embroidering. If it has come out skewed then the person will have to manually adjust the image so that it looks the same as the one sent by the customer. The sewing machine reads the pattern which the computer has worked out for the image. When it's being embroidered sometimes the image doesn't look anything like the finished one right up until the end as different layers of colour and thread need to be sewn at different times. Each different colour and shape comes together at the end.
Depending on the design and the fabric that it's being embroidered on to, sometimes the sewing machine will need to change needles and threads, which sometimes requires manual work from a human. Because of this, the processing time for the average embroidered image is about one or two days (from the moment that the image is received from the customer, to the moment that it has been fully embroidered and ready to be sent off). If an individual would like many copies of one image then there's no need to digitize each one, but simply use the same sewing machine and computer as they will already have the digitized image stored on them. This means that it's much quicker to process a batch of 50 shirts with one design on them than 10 with all different ones.
This brings us to the conclusion for the process of embroidering a design onto a garment, explaining how they are done both individually and in mass corporate clothing manufacture. The now thriving industry owes itself to advances in computer aided manufacturing technology, which has cut down the time it takes to embroider an item of clothing considerably. This brings us to the conclusion for the process of embroidering a design onto a garment, explaining how they are done both individually and in mass corporate clothing manufacture. The now thriving industry owes itself to advances in computer aided manufacturing technology, which has cut down the time it takes to embroider an item of clothing considerably. - 15683
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Consilium Group has been supplying companies and organisations with corporate clothing and uniforms for over 10 years. Visit http://www.consilium-clothing.co.uk/ to see the company's entire range of products.
