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It's the fact that they're composed of multiple differently shaped pieces and need to be combined carefully. I've tried putting a robot together myself as I fi
by hactually 10y ago
It's the fact that they're composed of multiple differently shaped pieces and need to be combined carefully.
I've tried putting a robot together myself as I find it silly that we haven't already automated it and... yeah, harder than i thought.
- chris_va 10y agoWhat was that experience like?
- inabar 10y agoI'm curious whether anyone's tried something like heat fusing instead of stitching for synthetic fibers. Or maybe precise gluing for natural fibers. It seems kind of like we're using robots to automate carriage making...
- sedachv 10y agoUltrasonic sewing machines have been around for decades. They are very limited in the fabrics they can work with and are mostly used for industrial textile products, disposable items, and for things that need to be waterproof, like dry bags. Gluing is used a lot for things like interfacing (stiffening collars) and hemming. You need a fairly large seam area to get good adhesion. Since the glue makes the fabric stiffer this would make the seam uncomfortable.
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