pros and cons of CAM
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- Created on: 20-05-13 18:38
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- CAM - The making of textiles products where the machine is controlled by the computer
- advantages
- reduces time required to make product
- very accurate
- all products made to same specification
- decreases cost of manufacture as not so many workers have to be paid
- less waste as no mistakes therefore decreases cost
- reduces repetitive work
- can work 24/7
- disadvantages
- very expensive to buy machines
- very expensive to buy software that control machines
- if machine breaks it will probably need specialist parts to repair it
- and will take a long time to repair when it's not manufacturing products
- processes carried out by CAM
- SPREADING AND CUTTING OUT OF FABRIC
- CUTS MANY LAYERS OF THE FABRIC AT ONE TIME
- EMROIDERY MACHINE
- EMBROIDERS MANY PRODUCTS AT ONCE
- IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY
- EMBROIDERS MANY PRODUCTS AT ONCE
- SPREADING AND CUTTING OUT OF FABRIC
- advantages
- CAD
- Any designing done using or with the help of a computer
- before cad colourways changing size motifs etc was done by hand drawing or painting each change
- it was a very slow and costly process
- allows designs to be completed very quickly and changed almost instantly
- advantages
- quick change of colours of design
- quick to change scale of motif on design
- quick to change design detail e,g, length
- design can be mapped onto a figure so you can see all around it and how the fabric would drape if the pattern repates
- repeat patterns can be completed quickly
- reduces the amount of remetitive work of designers
- saves time for designer, reducing money
- designs can be used and saved again
- designs can be sent to buyer for instant approval
- can be linked to machinery to create a can cam machine which designs the makes a product
- disadvantages
- specialist CAD software is expensive to buy
- designeers have to be trained to use the software
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