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Footwear Industry
Importance of Information
Technology in Footwear …
1. Consumer Expectations
-Low cost, high quality
2. Competition
-Innovative products
3. Fashion
Departments in a Footwear
Factory
1. Designing Section
• Last making
• Designing
• Grading
• Costing
2. Clicking Section
• Lay out making on material
• Cutting-Die-less cutting
3. Closing Section
• Preparation of Specification Sheets
• Automatic stitching machines
4. Making & Finishing
• Computer controlled machines (Ex.wi-fi)
• Robotics
5. Sole Making
• Sole Designing with CAD
• CNC milling
• RPT
What a CAD/CAM workshop
contains
• A Computer
• CAD software
• 3D digitizer/ scanner
• Sketch tablet
• 2D Digitizer / 2D scanner
• Plotter/Cutter
• RPT printer
Last Digitizing
1. Reference points
4 3 2. Centre line
6 3. Top line
5 4. Heel line
2
1
5. I/O surface
7
1 6. I/O Heel Surface
7. Bottom surface
Automatic Last Digitizing…..
Portable NC Lathes
Sketch tablets
• Gesture recognition.
Sketch
2D Digitizing
• Majority of the 2D Cad systems basically a grading
software.
• Bill of Materials
Types:
1. Knife Cutting
2. Water Jet Cutting
3. Laser Jet Cutting
Why Die-less Cutting ?
• Reduce lead time- design to produce pattern
• No waiting for cutting dies
• Save money on cost of dies
Feetz
What CAD software ..
What next….
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RCS 2D
RCS 3D SKETCH
RCS CUT
RCS 3D DESIGN
Reference categories
Last
Shoes model
Romans CAD Software Copyright 1998 – 2015 Strategies France
Sole
Packing
Etc...
Engineering Module
BOM 3D
3D parts Materials Reports
Etc...
Press Knives
A.V.Suresh