Van de Velde uses Lectra’s VectorLingerieMX
Van de Velde, which designs and manufactures women’s lingerie under the brand names Marie Jo, Marie Jo L'Aventure and PrimaDonna, claims it has improved quality and productivity using the cutter. It currently makes 300 new models and ships more than five million finished articles per year.
Because lingerie articles contain many components, which are often small and intricately shaped, cutting precision is of vital importance, which is where the precision cutting and high-volume cutting capacity of the VectorLingerieMX comes in. The cutter also features pilot software that adapts the system to the particularities of the delicate, elastic materials used in lingerie.
The company could previously cut up to 30 layers of fabric with five-millimetre buffers between cut pieces. It can now cut 60 plies with buffers of three millimetres. Cutting time is 30% faster and reducing buffer zones from five to three millimetres has reduced fabric consumption by 4%. This is likely to save the company €500,000 per year.
