Tukatech introduces first open 3D Fashion System
Tukatech, the industry’s leading fashion technology solutions provider, released the latest version of TUKA3D, the most used 3D system around the globe. The 2022 release offers an open system that allows designers, brands, retailers and their factories to work efficiently within a virtual process.
“Each 3D system requires three elements: a 2D flat pattern, a 3D avatar, and the digital cloth. All three are not the same across all 3D systems, hence the vendors who develop the final product cannot use data coming from OTHER 3D systems used by designers,” says Ram Sareen, Founder and CEO of Tukatech. “We have the largest 3D user base where FIT is the main focus. Our avatars are built with either actual body scanning or 3D sculpting. In 2021, we allowed users of OTHER 3D systems to start with actual replica avatar from our extensive library of over 700 models. This gives exactly the same results regardless of who added value at each stage. The vendors can see the fit and start from THAT DATA to make the final garment.”
For instance, a designer can use CLO, Browzwear or any other 3D program, so long as they use the same avatar which is an exact replica of the real fit model, the 2D patterns will FIT and the LOOK can be created by designers and sent to the vendor. Since everyone is using the same avatar, the 2D pattern can be used to make the final fit sample.
In TUKA3D, the vendor can see the exact same 3D fit model’s body, animated to perform real time motion simulation for fit verification. Since Tukatech offers end-to-end solutions for apparel production, after 3D fit approval, the style can then proceed through the manufacturing process.
“Other 3D systems get patterns from us. These are fit blocks on the model with zero difference. If the users of other 3D system make the one-time purchase of a TUKA avatar at $500, they will help all vendors to use same files and make the final samples. Even if the designer is using Browzwear or CLO for new designs, the base pattern is still the one that fits the model. This allows us as vendors to use the brand’s design to make fit samples quickly.” Says Arshad Sattar, Group Managing Director of Timex & Fergasam Group. “Tukatech is the FIT specialist, we know. We have been using 3D since 2005, make 800 to 1,400 new products for over 120 brands and retailers every month and hardly make any FIT samples,” he added.
Complete the Request a 3D Model form to inquire about the availability and pricing of your desired fit model. If your fit model is not already in the 3D virtual fit models library, Tukatech will be happy to create a 3D replica using 3D body scan data captured by one of the hundreds of Styku body scanners located around the world.
P-CAM automatic cutting machines are chosen for mass production
MIDORI APPAREL VIETNAM HOA BINH is a sewing factory for the MIDORI SAFETY GROUP in Vietnam, which manufactures and sells workwear mainly for Japanese companies. The company has installed several SHIMA SEIKI P-CAM automatic cutting machines for their accurate cutting performance. P-CAM has had no trouble such as breakdowns, and features good after-sales service. Therefore production can be carried out with confidence, even in areas where there are few craftsmen with cutting skills. P-CAM automatic cutting machine supports high-quality, stable mass production according to schedule.
Norio Watanabe, General Director, Midori Apparel Vietnam Co., Ltd. said “We are the second sewing factory of the MIDORI SAFETY GROUP to open in Vietnam. We started operations in fall of 2013. Currently we have approximately 1,200 employees. This workforce produces about 1.8 million items per year. We manufacture various uniforms and workwear mainly for Japanese companies. We had installed SHIMA SEIKI machines at the first factory. Their performance, and the fact that there were no breakdowns or trouble with those machines, led us to install SHIMA SEIKI machines here at the second factory as well.
As you can expect there are many difficulties when starting a factory in a foreign country. Especially for this second factory, it is located in a rural area. Because there was not much industry, we could not expect to hire experienced craftsmen with cutting skills. In order to ensure accurate cutting, we decided from the very beginning to install automatic cutting machines.
When we opened our first factory in Vietnam, we stated with one automatic cutting machine. With steady increase in production numbers, 3 units are now operating at the first factory and 4 units are in operation at the second factory. We plan to expand our facilities even further in order to handle more orders, so we are considering installing more units in the future he added.
Takashi Kuraoka, Director of Factory said “The biggest benefit is that after-sales service is very good. If by chance we have any trouble, we can expect an immediate response. Next is cutting accuracy and fewer breakdowns. By cutting every layer of fabric precisely from top to bottom, sewing can be performed in the same manner for each piece, every time. Stable quality is one of the most important requirements in mass-production.
P-CAM machines feature a highly sophisticated cutting mechanism with a reciprocating knife for precision cutting through fabrics up to 3 inches in thickness. P-CAM also features a special function to cool the blade while cutting material that can melt and adhere to the blade. An improved knife sharpening system also permits more precise cutting.
In addition to the apparel industry, SHIMA SEIKI’s CAD system and computerized cutting machines cater to a variety of industries, supporting all our customers’ needs.
A.T.E. offers Morgan Tecnica PLY1 – the fastest single layer cutting system for textiles
‘Customisation’ and ‘quick delivery’ are the current imperatives across all business sectors, and more so for apparel, home, and technical textile products. To meet these requirements, textile mills require machines featuring greater flexibility for customisation and rapid production of small and irregular lots.
PLY1, the single ply cutting system from Morgan Tecnica, Italy, is designed to meet these demands of the industry. This breakthrough technology, high performance single ply cutting system is equipped with linear motors that offer high accuracy coupled with low running costs. The PLY1 features multiple cutting heads that can cut both soft as well as hard textile materials, PLY1 can handle all types of textiles including carpet fabric, and even special materials of different compositions and dimensions including thicknesses up to 60 mm – with great precision and high speed.
PLY1 works with different cutting windows and conveyor extensions to manage any type of material and meet every production requirement. It can be equipped with Morgan Tecnica’s VisionScan system, a fully automatic solution to monitor, scan and manage the detection and proper matching of stripes, plaids and repeated prints. With the VisionScan system the material is preliminarily scanned before cutting, and the information is then processed by different software applications. The system then automatically shifts, rotates or even distorts (if needed) the pieces in the marker, in order to obtain proper matching, optimise the cutting time and reduce waste.
PLY1 lines are fully customisable through different optional modules, such as the automatic fabric roll feeding, loading, unrolling cradles for fabric feeding, labelling and collection systems for cut piece picking and sorting. This helps to meet the specific needs of each customer and industry application optimally.
PLY1 line customisable according to the customers’ needs
Printed marks matching
Cutting system suitable for the needs of different industries.
ColorJet to showcase newly launched VastraJet K2 and SubliXpress Plus at GartexTexprocess
The latest in transfer paper printing, SubliXpress will be showcased at GartexTexprocess. Come and witness an industrial grade sublimation printer designed and built for shop floor conditions.
On show will be Sublixpresss printing on transfer paper with 8 color – C, M, Y, K, B, O, FY, and FM. Visitors can see the enhanced effects of fluorescent colours. The addition of fluorsoscent yellow and fluorescent magenta will expand the creative options for customers in the ever-evolving world of fashion. These eye-catchy color are bold, vibrant, and tailor-made for one-off and small-lot production of sports and fashion apparel.
SubliXpress Plus can print in variable drop sizes of 5, 7 and12 PL as demanded to produce exceptionally sharp lines and create smooth gradients in color tones. The high-speed, high-quality printing with minimal ink consumption is a result of decades of experience in manufacturing digital inkjet printers. ColorJet proprietary AST and HSTR technology are inherent features of the machine.
This dye-sublimation printer would work very well on fabrics made with recycled polyester – knit and woven. Despite the pandemic, ColorJet continued to work on the next ground-breaking technology for the sublimation printing market. The economics of the sublimation printing with Sublixpress Plus are very attractive with its productivity of up to 9000 sqm/day in up to 180cm print width, and possibility to use low gsm paper of up to 22 gsm. The Leaf clamp is yet another ingenious improvisation to prevent the paper from curling up at the edges when printing. Being able to use low gsm paper and the ability to print on a less than ideal paper roll with ease, addresses some major practical shop-floor concer
What’s more?
Be among the first to witness the magnificence of VastraJet K2 at any exhibition. After more than 350 successful installations of direct to fabric printers, the premium textile printer, VastraJet K2 has many improvements and will take your business to new heights with peak productivity touching 5000 sq. meters per day. VastraJet K2 is equipped with 32 latest advanced inkjet print heads from Konica Minolta. Equipped with the combination of ColorJet’s 3 new technology advancements – KilotonTM, Purge PlusTM, and OsciPlusTM, the K2 is a combination of exceptional speed & excellent print quality. All of this with amazingly low energy consumption and the most efficient belt washing system.
The all-new VastraJet K2 is the ideal choice for the fabric processing mills, garment export houses, leading textile groups that foresee the future of textile printing & want to keep up with the fast fashion trend and cope with the abrupt reduction of the supply chain timeline. Its improved features and high productivity will attract the enormous Rotary Printing business owners who want to print exclusive precise designs without being worried about MOQ, shift loss, or excessive sampling cost.
VastraJet K2 assures a brilliant yarn-dyed effect with no worry of excessive dyed yarn inventory management. This machine is equipped with ColorJet’s new Kiloton, which has increased the print head life to a considerable extent. ColorJet has pledged to do its bit to reduce its carbon footprint. With the consumer demands moving towards sustainable options, manufacturers and print business owners are focusing on sustainability, leading to increased eco-consciousness.
Techtextil and Texprocess 2022: Discover innovations live once again
Restart after the pandemic: Techtextil and Texprocess are once again set to bring together the technical textile and textile processing sectors at physical events in Frankfurt am Main from 21 to 24 June 2022. Trade visitors can look forward to numerous exhibitors and a broad spectrum of themes.
With around eight months still to go before the first editions since the corona pandemic of Techtextil, the leading international trade fair for textiles and nonwovens, and Texprocess, the leading international trade fair for processing textile and flexible materials, around 900 exhibitors from currently 45 countries, including the organisers of numerous joint stands, have already registered to take part in Frankfurt am Main.
The registration status is over 85 percent for Techtextil and over 70 percent for Texprocess based on the last events in 2019.
“The sector is in motion again and people have a great need to find out about the latest developments and see innovations live. Over the last one and a half years or more since the outbreak of the pandemic, companies have had faced a variety of new challenges. Many of the companies have undergone a complete restructuring and, simultaneously, launched a host of innovations. Now, they want to discuss them with an international audience of trade visitors”, says Olaf Schmidt, Vice President Textiles & Textile Technologies at Messe Frankfurt.
“Techtextil and Texprocess will provide a look ahead in June 2022. The distortions of the industry due to the pandemic and the commitment to sustainability are directing the focus even more toward flexible, digitally automated and sustainable production structures. Among other things, these will also be more regional than before,” said Elgar Straub, Managing Director, VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies. “Adapted technological solutions exist and are increasingly in demand. The high registration numbers show the need for exchange.”
Both trade fairs will be held as hybrid events with many supplementary digital services for exhibitors and visitors in addition to the live exhibition and programme of events.
Sustainability as a key theme
From the UN Decade of Action, which calls for the implementation of sustainable development targets on a global level by 2030, to the EU Green Deal, which aims to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, or the Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (‘Lieferkettengesetz’) recently passed by the German government, which makes companies responsible for human-rights infringements in their supply chains, sustainability is a vital subject that is also driving the textile industry and to which, given its size and impact on people and nature, the sector can make a substantial contribution.
With Sustainability@ Techtextil and Sustainability@ Texprocess, the two leading fairs will put the spotlight in June 2022 on the sustainability concepts of the companies and organisations taking part. Expert discussions will supplement the subject. Moreover, a special category of the Techtextil and Texprocess Innovation Awards will honour outstanding achievements relating to sustainability in the sector.
New: area for international textile start-ups
Dynamic and multifarious: the textile sector is in motion and textile start‑ups are active in numerous future-oriented fields, such as 3D design, blockchain, e-commerce and sustainability. For the first time, Techtextil and Texprocess will introduce international start-ups for technical textiles and textile processing on a special area supplementing the popular ‘Young Innovative Companies from Germany’ area supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, which spotlights companies based in Germany that have been on the market for a maximum of 10 years.
Additionally, young people in the textile sector can benefit from the Texprocess Campus with its presentations by universities and other institutes of higher education.
Focus on the denim industry at Texprocess
From cotton growing, via dyeing processes that conserve water, to finishing: the timelessness of denim fashion has not only given rise to a host of myths and facts revolving around sustainability but also to a multitude of innovations in the sector. With the Denim Future Factory (DFF), the denim industry will be a thematic focal point at Texprocess 2022.
Programme of events with forums and innovation awards
With the Techtextil and Texprocess Forums, visitors to both fairs can look forward to highly topical and multi-faceted insights into a wide variety of subjects throughout the two events. The Techtextil and Texprocess Innovation Awards will also be given for outstanding new developments in the fields of technical textiles, nonwovens and functional apparel textiles, as well as technologies and methods for processing textiles and flexible materials, in 2022.
New layout and hygiene regulations
In 2022, Techtextil and Texprocess will be held for the first time in the western section of Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre with Halls 8, 9, 11 and 12. With regard to the applicable hygiene regulations, Messe Frankfurt maintains close contact with the relevant authorities in order to ensure the best possible protection of exhibitors and visitors at all times.
Techtextil and Texprocess from now on always in even years
With the postponement of the two fairs until 2022, both will change their cycle of events and shift permanently to even years. The new dates for the subsequent edition have also been set: 23 to 26 April 2024.
ColorJet to launch all-new VastraJet K2 – Anideal blend of excellence & productivity
Following the success of VastraJet, ColorJet Group is gearing up to introduce a new model of their premium range – VastraJet K2 with productivity of more than 5000 sq. meters per day. This model is equipped with 32 latest advanced inkjet print heads from Konica Minolta. Equipped with the combination of ColorJet’s 3 new technology – KilotonTM, Purge PlusTM, and Osci PlusTM, this model is a combination of exceptional speed & excellent print quality.
The new VastraJet K2 is the ideal choice for the Fabric Processing Mills, Garment export houses, Leading Textile groups who foresees the future of textile printing & wants to keep up with the fast fashion trend & the abrupt reduction of supply chain timeline.
Its improved features and high productivity is surely going to attract the enormous Rotary printing business owners who wants to print exclusive precise designs without being worried about MOQ, shift loss or excessive sampling cost.
The new VastraJet K2 comes with Purge PlusTM technology which ensures continuous ink circulation that provides constant & uniform temperature across the print head for superior printing uniformity. It is also worth mentioning that the new print heads is made for printing
sharp design outlines including geometric designs, stripes, checks This machine assures brilliant yarn dyed effect with no worry of excessive dyed yarn stock.
This machine is equipped with ColorJet New KilotonTM which has increased the print head life to a considerable extent.
The machine is also equipped with a system of precise OsciplusTM precise rollers for efficient tension control and smooth feeding of the fabric irrespective of any fabric parameter – gsm, weave, crimp, elasticity, and skewness which makes it flexible to be used with any type of fabric.
After more than 350 successful installations of VastraJet, the new premium model of VastraJet with 32 heads – VastraJet K2 with advanced features will provide the customers with an impetus to opting for a high production of 5000 sqm/day.
With the changing world, consumer demands have changed and they are looking for sustainable alternatives. This has pushed manufacturers to focus on sustainability, leading to increased eco-consciousness. ColorJet takes all the measures to reduce the carbon footprint for consumers.
