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The handling process of a single ply of cotton woven fabrics from a stack in the textile industry is done by workers. Cost-effective automatic handling of the fabrics is becoming an increasingly important issue to reduce the unit cost of the final product .
In this study, transporting speeds in the horizontal direction of the woven fabrics were investigated using a non-contact end-effector. A Cartesian robot, which has an x and z axis, was used for handling the cotton woven fabrics. The movement process of a single woven fabric ply from a stack was experimentally shown to find out percentage of success rate of the system. Although the experiments were restricted with small square fabric plies of 100 mm×100 mm sizes, this process could also be applied for products with different shapes.
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Ozcelik, B., Erzincanli, F. Examination of the movement of a woven fabric in the horizontal direction using a non-contact end-effector. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 25, 527–532 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-004-2075-x
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