An apparatus for processing, in particular for cutting, a material, that provides a surface for supporting and resting the material, and includes elements that generate a field of electrostatic attraction of the material on the supporting surface.

A method for manufacturing a firearm cleaning patch includes: providing a sheet of a material; cutting a plurality of hex shaped patches from the sheet of a material; and perforating or marking at least one slit on at least one hex shaped patch. A firearm cleaning patch and a method for cleaning the barrel of a firearm are also described.

A flexible material transport system for fabric and a system for continuous fabric workflow is presented. The flexible material transport system comprises a printing machine, a material web transporter connected to the printing machine, a material accumulator connected to the material web transporter, and a cutting machine connected to the material accumulator, wherein the material accumulator is configured to feed printed fabric from the material web transporter into the cutting machine, and wherein the material web transporter comprises a plurality of rollers configured to control movement of the fabric from the printing machine to the material accumulator and onto the cutting machine. The system can also comprise a heater and/or an image scanner. The system for continuous fabric workflow comprises two or more of the flexible material transport systems. Information regarding the fabric can be tracked for local or centralized reporting and additional data processing.

A garment production system, comprising a virtual development environment configured to receive and store in a database thereof body information relating to a user, establish measurements for the user based on the body information, display, on a display device connected to the virtual development environment, a virtual representation of the user using the established measurements, customize one or more garments for the user based on the established measurements, display, on the display device, a virtual representation of the one or more customized garments on the virtual representation of the user, receive and store in the database personalization information from the user regarding the one or more customized garments, and alter the one or more customized garments and the virtual representation thereof based on the received personalization information for manufacture thereof.

A cutting apparatus cuts a fabric using a rotary blade and a fixed blade that are built into a cutter head. The fixed blade is linked, to the other-end side of a swing arm of which one end is pivotally fitted on a blade frame by a swing shaft. The fixed blade is urged by a coil spring connected to the one-end side of the swing arm. When a prescribed resistance force is applied to the fixed blade, a position sensor detects movement of the swing arm, a fixed blade drive cylinder drives the swing arm in response to the detection, and the fixed blade is moved to an accommodation position that is above the position during cutting and that is on an opposite side in the advancing direction of the cutter head.

The invention relates to a removal device for removing flexible material parts, to a method for removing flexible material parts, and to a production facility comprising a conveyor device and a removal device. In order to provide a removal device for removing and moving one or more flexible material parts, a method for removing material parts from a conveyor device, and a production facility comprising a conveyor device and a removal device, a removal device for removing at least one pliable material part from a conveyor device is proposed, comprising: at least one winding device including a receiver which is movable to a removal position via the conveyor device and is configured to contact a region of the flexible material part to be removed and receive the flexible material part to be removed from the conveyor device and wind up the same about the receiver, wherein, after winding up the material part to be removed, the orientation of the winding device or the receiver can be pivoted and the winding device can be moved to a depositing position, wherein the winding device is configured to convey the material part wound up about the receiver to a transport container at the depositing position and deposit the wound material part in the wound-up state.

The invention relates to a method (100) for cutting cut parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), wherein the cut parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) produce a cutting pattern (7), said method having the following method step: cutting (106) the cut parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), wherein the cut parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) are arranged in a rectangular, repeating portion (9, 9) of an endless single ply material web (19), wherein the portion (9) at least one cut part (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) or at least one cutting pattern (7) is contained in part (10, 11). The method additionally comprises a computer program product and a device for cutting by means of a cutting tool.

The invention relates to a method (100) for cutting cut parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), wherein the cut parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) produce a cutting pattern (7), said method having the following method step: cutting (106) the cut parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), wherein the cut parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) are arranged in a rectangular, repeating portion (9, 9) of an endless single ply material web (19), wherein the portion (9) at least one cut part (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) or at least one cutting pattern (7) is contained in part (10, 11). The method additionally comprises a computer program product and a device for cutting by means of a cutting tool.

A method and relative system (1) for automatic cutting of fabric includes providing at least one piece (3) of fabric. The piece is marked with a marking (7) representative of at least two spatial points (8, 9) on the piece. The marking (7) is detected, and through the detected marking, the position and the orientation of the piece (3) with respect to a reference system (X, Y) is determined. Finally, the piece (3) is automatically cut as a function of the determined position and orientation.

A method and relative system (1) for automatic cutting of fabric includes providing at least one piece (3) of fabric. The piece is marked with a marking (7) representative of at least two spatial points (8, 9) on the piece. The marking (7) is detected, and through the detected marking, the position and the orientation of the piece (3) with respect to a reference system (X, Y) is determined. Finally, the piece (3) is automatically cut as a function of the determined position and orientation.