What Is a Flatbed Plotter?

Apparel CAD (apparel computer-aided design, short for Apparel Computer Aided Design) is a special wide-format monochrome plotter for outputting markers and front pages.

Clothing plotter

Apparel CAD (Apparel Computer Aided Design) is an acronym for Computer Aided Design. A special wide-format monochrome for outputting markers and front pages.

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Cost comparison of clothing plotters

Pen-type plotter: Paper can be imported from 60g to 70g stent paper (210 yuan / roll)

Refill: According to the print quantity, usually 30-50 yuan per month

Inkjet plotter: paper can use 30g-40g ordinary domestic paper rack (160 yuan / roll)

Ink: Approximately 4 oil-based ink cartridges (250 ml / carton) per year for medium-sized factories.

Note: The lower the weight of the tartar paper of the same weight, the longer the actual length of the tartar paper per circle can be.

Clothing plotter speed comparison

Pen-type plotter: In the case of less text and less lines, the 8-meter frame (180CM width) takes 40-60 minutes.

Inkjet plotter: printing speed of 75-80 square meters / hour at 180 × 185dpi accuracy

Take an 8-meter rack (180CM width) as an example, (8 × 1.8) / (80/60) = 10.8 (minutes). There is no limit to the complexity of text and lines. It only takes 10 minutes to print an 8-meter-long cymbal.

Note: The inkjet plotter prints at a constant speed and is not affected by the number of printed lines and text.

Clothing plotter sound comparison

Pen plotter: Noisy (not suitable for use in quiet places such as office buildings).

Inkjet plotter: Quiet printing. Suitable for office environment.

With the further industrial requirements of garment companies, a new generation of cutting inkjet machines is coming soon. It can completely make up for the shortcomings of ordinary cutting and plotting machines (integrated cutting and plotting machines) and flat cutting machines, and achieve an organic combination of speed and technology.

As an important equipment in the CAM process, the clothing plotter is recognized by more enterprises. With the update of the third generation of clothing CAD, clothing plotters will play a greater role.

Clothing CAD (CAD-Computer Aided Design)

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