Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. A technique includes determining a fabric's response to a laser, capturing an initial image of a wear pattern on a garment, and processing the initial image to obtain a working image in grayscale. The working image is further processed to obtain a difference image by comparing each pixel relative to a dark reference. The difference image is converted to a laser values image by using the previously determined fabric response to the laser.

A system allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired finishing pattern or other design. The system provides three-dimensional previews of their designs on a mannequin or other surface, using light projection techniques.

The amount of a processing solution used is reduced, and the quality of an electroless plated fiber material is improved. The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for an electroless plated fiber material A4. The manufacturing method includes a step S5 of electrostatically spraying a solution B containing a catalyst precursor in a state of being electrically charged to a positive potential onto a fiber material A2 while grounding the fiber material A2 and moistening the fiber material A2, and electrostatically spraying a solution C containing a reducing agent in a state of being electrically charged to a positive potential onto the fiber material A2, and a step S7 of electrostatically spraying each of a solution D containing metal ions and a solution E containing a reducing agent each in a state of being electrically charged to a positive potential onto the fiber material A3 such that the solution D containing metal ions and the solution E containing the reducing agent react with each other in the same electric field on the fiber material A3 while grounding the fiber material A3 to which a catalyst is given and moistening the fiber material A3. The present invention relates to the electroless plated fiber material A4 manufactured by the manufacturing method. The present invention relates to a manufacturing system of the electroless plated fiber material A4.

A system allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Users may collaborate while designing the apparel and designate what items should belong in specific collections. Users may also use an assortment builder tool to search a database of products according to one or more search parameters to select a garment with a finishing pattern.

Provided are novel compounds of indigo-derivatives as irreversible color changeable dyes. Also provided are methods for the use of various indigo-derivatives for irreversibly color changeable dyes for textile materials and to novel compounds. Also provided is a process for dyeing textile materials, especially denim, with indigo-irreversible color changeable dyes and for textiles and garment articles made by the dyeing process for textile materials.

A system allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. The system provides feedback to the user on how their designs may appear in a virtual store or storefront, such as through virtual reality or augment reality techniques.

A computer system of a finishing center, such as a mobile finishing center, includes a tool that allows a customer to preview or create new designs for apparel before purchase and before laser finishing. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn or ablate the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the customer will be able to preview, create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before purchase and burning or ablation by a laser. Input to the tool can include fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. In an implementation, the customer or another user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input.

Provided are carbon fibers rich in surface functional groups, which has been recovered by thermolysis and anodization of a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material. Also provided is a carbon-fiber-reinforced resin composition characterized by having excellent mechanical characteristics and an excellent surface appearance at a low cost as a result of using said carbon fibers.

A woven fabric seam area is provided including a top surface and a bottom surface, with the woven fabric being formed of warp yarns interwoven with weft yarns in a repeating pattern, and either the warp yarns or the weft yarns are formed at least in part of a laser energy absorbent material. Within the fabric seam area yarns formed of laser energy transparent material can be bonded to yarns being formed at least in part of a laser energy absorbent material by laser welds in order to maintain or achieve a desired flexibility and/or shear resistance of the fabric. A method of forming such a fabric seam area is also provided.

An apparatus for laser processing of very wide non-woven fabric materials at high speeds. This invention enables a laser beam to sever, perforate and pattern a large piece of fabric materials planarly disposed at regular or irregular spatial intervals over the entire width while the fabric passes from one roller to another roller at high speeds by precisely managing focus and intensity of the beam at the focal point on the web. A control system managing the laser processing system enables rapid reconfiguration of perforation patterns. The fabric can be woven or nonwoven, homogeneous or nonhomogeneous material with uniform or nonuniform thickness. An optical sensor is provided to sense the laser processing as it is performed and provide feedback to a system controller to optimize laser processing performance in real time.