Lectra launches new leather cutting solution
France-based leather industry technology provider Lectra has announced the release of Versalis Fashion, its new leather cutting solution aimed at manufacturers in the luggage, footwear and fashion accessories markets.
“Fashion manufacturers, faced with a strong recovery in orders, have been confronted with a 50% to 100% increase in the price of raw leather since 2009,” said Daniel Harari, Lectra CEO.
“With 20 years of experience and investment in leather markets, Lectra supplies equipment and services that are perfectly tailored to the new needs of its clients. Originally designed to meet the most stringent requirements of luxury leather goods, Versalis Fashion will enable you to achieve significant material savings and reach an unrivalled level of productivity, while offering flawless cutting quality,” he said.
The Versalis Fashion solution consists of a cutter, a hide analysis solution, and a software suite for optimising and managing operations. Typically, leather cutting takes place in three stages: the first-which can also be the longest-involves identifying hide defects; the second, optimising nesting; and the third, cutting and unloading the pieces.
According to Lectra, by dissociating hide analysis, nesting, and cutting, using an offline process, Versalis Fashion operates continuously to reach high levels of productivity.
This process enables the operator to scan the hides before cutting, and to identify the different qualities of the material to process with a high level of detail and great speed. This benefit, combined with the power of the Versalis automatic nesting algorithms, enables material savings of 10% on average, Lectra claims.
After Versalis Fashion, Lectra will enlarge its new Versalis family, featuring solutions adapted to the automotive and furniture markets, expected between now and the end of 2011.
