Woven Textile Fabric With Built-In Cutting and Sewing Lines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garment manufacturing methods require significant effort in cutting and transferring pattern contours to fabric, leading to inefficiencies and limited flexibility in production, and existing fabrics lack integration of functional elements like logos and pockets without additional processing steps.
Innovation Solution
A textile fabric is woven with interwoven warp and weft threads forming visible markings for cutting and sewing lines, allowing direct cutting and assembly without patterns, and incorporating cavities and functional elements like pockets and zippers during weaving.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional pattern cutting and contour transfer methods are used, then garments can be manufactured with precise dimensions, but the effort and time required for cutting and transferring patterns is significant
Solution Approach 1:
The pattern markings are incorporated into the fabric during the weaving process itself, before the garment manufacturing begins. This preliminary action eliminates the need for subsequent pattern cutting and contour transfer steps, as the cutting and sewing lines are already visually marked on the fabric surface through the interweaving of differently colored warp and weft threads.
2Adaptability or versatility
If patterns are woven into the fabric during manufacturing, then additional visual and functional elements can be integrated, but the production flexibility for different sizes and styles is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Different sections of the fabric are woven with different properties - some areas have pattern markings for cutting lines, while other areas have cavities for pockets or logos. This local differentiation allows functional elements to be integrated at specific locations without requiring the entire fabric production process to be complex or inflexible.
3Manufacturing precision
If fabric undergoes dyeing and chemical processes after weaving, then the fabric gains color and finish, but the mass and dimensions change in warp and weft directions
Solution Approach 1:
The pattern markings are created during the weaving process itself, before the fabric undergoes dyeing and chemical treatments. This timing is critical because it ensures the markings are established when the fabric dimensions are still stable and predictable, allowing accurate pattern transfer without needing to account for subsequent dimensional changes from wet processing.
4Productivity
If logos and lettering are printed or sewn on after garment production, then branding can be added, but additional processing steps are required and the fabric may be damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The logos, lettering, and other functional elements are merged with the fabric structure during the weaving process itself. Threads of different colors are interwoven to create logos and text directly on the fabric surface, eliminating the need for separate printing or embroidery steps that would add complexity and potential damage to the finished garment.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a textile fabric (1) having a first and a second surface (2, 2') for producing a garment (3) in a predefined size, wherein a cutting pattern (4) with parts (4) for tailoring the garment (3) is visually identifiable on one of the surfaces (2, 2'). According to the invention, in the production process, on account of the weaving of the warp and weft threads (6, 7), markings (8) are formed on one of these surfaces (2, 2') by a change in colour or pattern (9), said markings (8) indicating cutting and/or stitching lines (10, 11) for the individual parts (4) of the cutting pattern (4). The cutting pattern (4) outlined in this way differs from the dimensions of the subsequent garment (3) by less than 3% and less than 1 cm both in the direction of the warp threads (6) and in the direction of the weft threads (7). The invention also relates to a garment (3) produced from such a fabric (1).