Images Magazine November 18

EMBROIDERY www.images-magazine.com 74 images NOVEMBER 2018 Barudan: Quick System Cap Frame “Barudan is world-renowned for its quality and reliability and when it comes to precise and expertly embroidered designs on finished caps, we make no exception,“ says the company. “Since the introduction of the Quick System (QS) Cap Frame in 2001, changing from embroidering flat garments to caps is effortless, extremely fast and requires no tools whatsoever.“ In 2017, Barudan completely updated the QS Cap Frame, creating an engineered design that is lighter in weight, resulting in less design distortion. The rigid mounting base causes less flexing, which produces more accurate and precise stitching, and it requires no pivot bar under the cylinder arm either. “With our one-touch cap mode feature on the X and K series machines, setting the design up for embroidering caps is a simple push of a button, which results in a changeover time of less than 10 mins on our six- head machine,“ explains Barudan. “With a Barudan embroidery machine you no longer need to fear or outsource your cap orders as we have turned cap embroidery into a piece of cake!“ www.barudan.co.uk Wilcom: Wilcom Community “At Wilcom, we love talking to our customers around the world,“ confides the company. “We also feel it is important that embroiderers have a place where they can meet. So, we launched the Wilcom Community.“ This new community is an online space at community.wilcom.com where people can share their experiences, come up with new ideas and learn from one another. Wilcom adds: “It is a great way for us to communicate directly with the software users and find out exactly what they would like to see in future releases. We urge everyone to come along if they need any help, are looking for embroidery business tips or just a place to share their business experience.“ Also recently launched is the Wilcom Product Blog (productblog.wilcom. com) where users can find the latest technical news and tutorials direct from the Wilcom experts. Recent posts include a piece on how to create a custom-designed T-shirt that is ready for sale in under three minutes and costs less than 5p in ink using Wilcom‘s ‘virtual embroider‘ feature. Other posts include how to install and use the company‘s software on Macs and how to use Font Creator to produce professionally stylised fonts. Wilcom adds: “Head over to our news blog at www.wilcom.com and watch the video on how the BBC created their World Cup 2018 advert using Wilcom’s software and 650 sheets of tapestry.“ www.wilcom.com Wilcom has lauched an online space, Wilcom Community, where embroiderers can meet up Barudan‘s lightweight Quick System Cap Frame promises accurate stitching AJS: SEIT SL10 Laser Bridge This year, AJS has installed two SEIT SL10 Laser Bridges in the UK, the first of which is on permanent display at the AJS showroom in Nottingham, while the other is at a UK customer‘s business. The SEIT SL10 Textile Bridge Laser Series incorporates a CO2 textile laser on a galvanometric (scanning) head and a custom length bridge beam, and provides cutting fields of 300mm X 300mm or 500mm x 500mm. “With a fluid movement of the laser beam at 2.5m per second, the SEIT SL10 is engineered for maximum throughput and reliability,“ says AJS. “The water-cooling system eliminates the extensive maintenance and cool-down time associated with air-c ooled systems, and it all adds up to production rates up to four times faster than other systems.“ The bridge laser is available in custom sizes, explains AJS. C-shaped supports keep the beam length free of obstructions to accommodate virtually any size or combination of embroidery machines with minimal floor space. It is easily expandable and works with all brands of multi-head machines. “The bridge laser is professionally installed by our factory- certified staff technicians,“ says AJS. “Both the bridge beam and laser head are carefully aligned to your individual machinery. The laser’s cutting focus is calibrated to nine points throughout the cutting field on each individual embroidery head.“ The bridge laser also provides real-time remote support via the internet. Laser functions are said to be able to be controlled, diagnosed and updated remotely in a matter of minutes. www.ajs-embroidery.co.uk The SEIT SL10 Laser Bridge is available from AJS