Providing hardware and software systems to automate and effectively manage the product design and cutting room solutions of the apparel industry for the past four decades, Gerber Technology has been a pioneer in the field of innovation and development. According to John McCall, Regional Sales Director, Gerber Technologies, people still don’t comprehend the value of high quality, right first time and data communication. “Automation and staying ahead with technology is the best way to reduce labour but the middle management needs to be aware of what the automation and technology is designed to deliver for optimal results,” he reasons. The endeavour of automation and technology can be seen in the products that Gerber will be showcasing at the GTE.
On display will be the Gerber XLs50 spreading machine, V-Stitcher, AccuMark and AccuScan software. However, the technology that is set to garner the maximum amount of attention would be AccuScan, which is a high speed, pattern digitizing software that digitizes hard patterns into a format that can be used for pattern design, grading and marker making purposes. A digital camera or a scanner can be used for capturing the hard patterns and the system automatically detects notches, grain lines, internal lines, drill holes and the part perimeter, ensuring that the patterns are digitized exactly as submitted by the pattern maker.
The AccuScan eliminates errors due to manual digitizing and is typically 20-50% faster than manual digitizing depending on the complexity of the pieces being digitized. Digitization just requires the patterns to be attached to a mat, and then photographed with a digital camera having a resolution more than 6 megapixels. AccuScan scans a pattern board, oak-tag or paper plots at accuracies within 1.5 mm providing a much higher level of accuracy over manual digitizing. An AccuScan may be added to an existing AccuMark workstation or installed on a stand-alone PC without AccuMark software. The graphical user interface is easy to operate and reduces operator training time when compared to manual digitizing.