State-of-the-art in industrial sewing...

Center for BioRobotics

Sylab Workshop State-of-the-art in

industrial sewing automation

Tomas Kulvicius [email protected]


Motivation • Ultimate goal: Automate sewing process


Motivation (cont.)


Challenge • Handling of soft materials


Garment manufacturing process • Cutting

• Inspection of cut components

• Making garment parts

• Sewing full garment

• Checking of stitched garments

• Button holing and buttoning

• Ironing or pressing

• Final checking of garments


Industrial sewing machines KSL, Germany, http://www.ksl-lorsch.de PFAFF Industrial, Germany, http://www.pfaff-industrial.com Dürkopp Adler, Germany, https://www.duerkopp-adler.com MAICA, Italy, http://www.maicaitalia.com Thor Technologies, Italy, http://www.thorsrl.it/ SoftWear Automation, USA, http://softwearautomation.com/ Henderson Sewing Machine, USA, http://www.hendersonsewing.com Atlanta Attachment Co., USA, http://atlatt.com/ KEESTAR, China, http://www.keestarsew.com Sakura-Stitch, China, http://www.sakura-stitch.com JUITA, China, http://www.juita.cn Richpeace, China, http://www.richpeace.com JUKI, Japan, http://www.juki.co.jp/

http://www.ksl-lorsch.de/



http://www.pfaff-industrial.com/



https://www.duerkopp-adler.com/



http://www.maicaitalia.com/

http://www.thorsrl.it/

http://softwearautomation.com/

http://www.hendersonsewing.com/

http://atlatt.com/

http://www.keestarsew.com/

http://www.sakura-stitch.com/



http://www.juita.cn/

http://www.richpeace.com/

http://www.richpeace.com/

http://www.juki.co.jp/

http://www.juki.co.jp/


Shang Gong Group Co., Ltd

• #1 in China’s sewing machinery industry

• Brands • Dürkopp Adler, PFAFF, KSL

• Shanggong and Butterfly

• Customers • LV, GUCCI, HERMES, BOSS and ARMANI

• Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, and GM

• Boeing, Airbus, and COMAC


KSL Keilmann Sondermaschinenbau GmbH

• Automotive

• Filter

• Home textiles

• Aerospace

http://www.ksl-lorsch.de


Airbag sewing machine



3D sewing robot



Filter pocket sewing unit



Dürkopp Adler

• Men's Wear

• Ladies' Wear

• Automotive

• Home Upholstery

• Shoes

http://www.duerkopp-adler.com


Sewing machine for pocket preparation



Sewing machine for trousers



Pocket sewing machine for t-shirts



Pocket sewing machine for jackets



Pocket sewing machine for jeans



Button sewing machine



Sewing machines with teach-in feature



PFAFF Industrial

• Automotive

• Home textiles

• Shirts/Blouses

• Jeans

• Classic trousers

• Leather clothing

• Leather goods

• Shoes http://www.pfaff-industrial.com


Shoe sewing machine

http://www.pfaff-industrial.com


Large area sewing machine

http://www.pfaff-industrial.com


Problems • Manual feeding of material

• Sewing of 3D parts is still manual

• Large parameter space • Different materials (e.g., silk vs. leather)

• Different threads, needles and types of stitches

• Tuning of sewing parameters is done by trial-and-error

• Not feasible for production of small quantities


Robotic sewing lab

Schrimpf et al., 2015

• SINTEF

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)


Acknowledgements Christopher Wodtke (Product Manager, Dürkopp Adler)

Johannes Dewald (Global Sales Manager, PFAFF Industrial, KSL branch)

Mirjam Schmitt (Segment Manager, Shoes, PFAFF)

Marie Pawelzik (Sales Consultant, Garment, Dürkopp Adler)

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