LEATHER CUTTING ROOM

Lay the foundation for your Industry 4.0 future with smart manufacturing technology for leather furniture manufacturing.

IMPROVING HIDE MANAGEMENT IN THE UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE INDUSTRY

Leather represents 60% of the total cost of a piece of furniture. The market share of leather furniture is increasing: as Chinese customers do not want to compromise between design and comfort, leather is a key differentiator.

Sourcing and managing hides is a growing challenge for furniture manufacturers, so that having an integrated solution covering the entire process from quality-check on delivery to stock control after cutting is crucial.

The Chinese government is already supporting this transition to smart manufacturing, with "Made in China 2025", an initiative to upgrade Chinese industry.

WHAT IF YOU COULD…

• CREATE A LEAN CUTTING ROOM with streamlined leather loading, cutting, offloading, effective maintenance and furniture production process optimization

• CUT MORE HIDES at the highest speeds with optimized, automated furniture cutting equipment

• GENERATE SIGNIFICANT LEATHER SAVINGS by improving yield and cutting with no buffer between parts

• ENSURE THE HIGHEST QUALITY CUTS AND STANDARDIZATION with best-in-class hardware for leather furniture production

INTRODUCING VERSALIS

Available in six configurations, there is a Versalis digital leather-cutting line for all production models and leather types. Versalis’ digitalized, automated process—from flaw identification to cut parts—allows you to work faster, minimize rework and wasted material, and produce consistently high quality cut pieces.

With intelligent hide scanning and flaw identification, automated multi-hide nesting, and mono- or dual-cutting heads, you can improve yield efficiency by up to 10% and increase productivity by cutting up to 20 hides per hour.

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WHAT YOU’LL GAIN

CUTTING PRODUCTIVITY OF UP TO 20 HIDES PER HOUR

- All-in-one cutting line, from hide digitalization to offloading

- Digitally-driven production flow

- Software monitoring for process optimization

INCREASED HIDE SAVINGS BY UP TO 10%

- Automatic nesting increases material savings by up to 10% compared to a manual process

- Leather consumption analyzed and updated in real time

- Prioritize parts, optional parts cutting and order mixing

IMPROVED AND STANDARDIZED QUALITY

- High-precision, automated leather cutting of even the most intricate furniture shapes

- Up to 5 defect qualification grades recognized by the scanning system

- Automatic optimization of cutting head path

ACCURATE HIDE ANALYSIS

- All flaw coding levels and grain structure used in upholstery sector

- All hide sizes scanned entirely in one pass

- Scanner / Digitizer precision of +/- 0.5 mm

INCREASED DATA-BASED VISIBILITY

- More than 200 embedded sensors for real time reporting, analysis and predictive maintenance

- Smart service technology

- Remote support

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Kuka Home embarks on digitalization journey with Lectra

“In the last few years we have been in discussions with many equipment manufacturers and carried out various trials. Lectra was more mature and more aligned with our current business model.”

Pan Chaoping

Lean Production and Planning Management Director, KUKA