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Plotters and Cutters
" We never want anyone
to sacrifice quality.
Instead, we shift the
conversation to see if
there are any products
or processes that could
benefit from repeatability
or scalability. "
-Thomas Carlson
Carlson Design
Establishing standards
" You no longer have handmade
patterns you can touch and feel.
Capturing your data is different, and
there's a learning curve there, " says
Arthur. " When you do design in
CAD, you can't design it differently
each time; you need some sort of
standard. You don't want to reinvent
the wheel in each instance. "
Thomas Carlson, manager of Carlson
Design in Tulsa, Okla., has been
selling CNC fabric plotters/cutters for
more than 15 years, with his father,
who was a pioneer in the industry
and founded the company in the late
1980s. " My father was working in a
sail loft while finishing his master's
degree in mechanical engineering, "
says Carlson. " He noticed the tedious
process involved for sailmakers to
plot a list of Cartesian coordinates
on fabric by hand. He thought, 'I can
make a machine to do that,' and our
first plotters were born. Sailmakers
were CAD pioneers, using computer
design in the fabric world. "
When Carlson is talking with
fabricators who want to make the
switch to digital, he says they often
want to focus on whether digital processes
will help them maintain their
high-quality competitive advantage.
" Most guys pride themselves on the
quality of what they are making-they
determine that's what separates them
from the other guy, " he says. " 'You
can bounce a quarter off my cover,
where the other guy's cover fits loosely
or seams are not done correctly.'
We never want anyone to sacrifice
quality, but if everything you make is
It's hard to miss large plotter/cutters,
such as this one from Carlson Design,
but tables for wide rolled goods are the
go-to units for many fabricators. Most
manufacturers don't have more than a
handful of models, but each is made for
specific purposes. The equipment makers
work with fabricators to determine the
right choices. Photos: Carlson Design
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