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Description
In this facility, NSRDEC designs and develops dress and combat clothing and equipment items and fabricates end item clothing prototypes such as ballistic and chemical protection. These prototypes allow for initial fit/wear tests and assist in the preparation of technical data packages for large-scale procurement. The CAD apparel design system allows for pattern input, lifetime storage, graded sizing, updates, and modifications. These patterns can be sent electronically directly to the contractor or printed on plotter paper, oak tag, or on CD.
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Adobe Illustrator CS3 (Apparel Design)Adobe Illustrator CS3 (Apparel Design)
Creates professional product, apparel, and accessory drawings using comprehensive drawing tools. This state-of-the-art computer design program allows for creation of original color swatches, editing text, importing hand drawn art work, and creating filters, effects, and endless options for customized drawings. The art created with this Adobe program is a valuable tool for the designer in creating specification drawings, presentation boards, catalogs, and many other products.
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Automated CutterAutomated Cutter
Utilizes a cutting edge flat bed cutter that can cut out the patterns in fabric and/or oak tag in a timely and accurate fashion. The sample cutter is a compact, plug and play, turnkey system. This system produces samples, prototypes, or short production runs with minimum disruption to the business flow.
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Flat Head Fusing PressFlat Head Fusing Press
Performs a lamination process for all fusible clothing applications, producing cooling panels with triple layer lamination, tubing in the middle of cotton T-shirt materials, and ballistic panel fabrication. The press size is 24×32 inches and has a temperature range up to 350° F.
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Pattern Design and Grading (CAD)Pattern Design and Grading (CAD)
Aids in design of patterns. Using this CAD system provides us state-of-the-art technology to expedite the fabrication of clothing related prototypes. This approach is unique and is much more productive than traditional processes. The increased speed dramatically shortens the product development cycle, which in turn increases profitability. Pattern input into the system allows the option of lifetime electronic storage of patterns.
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Pattern Design SoftwarePattern Design Software
Improves quality and helps create and grade more patterns in less time. Pattern design includes functions that enable basic to complex pattern making tasks. The powerful grading tools speed up time-consuming tasks associated with creating graded sizes. The wide range of pattern making and grading tools means flexibility for the user. Both the digitizer and the pattern scanner allow for quick and efficient input of the pattern pieces into the pattern design system. The digitizer workstation consists of a digitizing table with menu and a cursor. The pattern scanner consists of a large scanning sleeve and supporting software. Both methods allow you to enter internal locations on a pattern piece.
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Prototype Design LaboratoryPrototype Design Laboratory
Produces items ranging from dress and combat clothing to heavy duty equipment and ballistic items. In the design shop there are a number of state-of-the-art machines that are used to create high quality, factory producible items, e.g., ultrasonic cutter, computerized single needle, industrial bartack, keyhole and straight buttonhole, fusing machine, seam sealing machine and pressing equipment.
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Welding and Seam Tape MachineWelding and Seam Tape Machine
Welds urethane and other thermoplastic type materials in any shape for either inflatable or waterproof seam applications. The welding and seam tape machine can seal in circular shapes or with other designs and has option to apply seam tape over seams.