Embroidery Equipment

What is embroidery and how is it done?

Embroidery is a process whereby a traditional sewing machine or a more modern computer based embroidery machine is used to create patterns on textiles. The process is used commercially in product branding, corporate advertising and the personalising of uniforms and work wear.

Common applications for embroidery include caps, t-shirts, polo shirts, trousers, bags, jackets and many more items that are often worn by people either for work or pleasure.

What equipment do I need?

Amaya XTS single head embroidery system The most expensive item will be the embroidery machine itself. Other than this, you will need access to a computer and scanner and several pieces of software, one of which can be supplied by the embroidery machine manufacturer at extra cost.

This particular programme will be used to digitise the design; in other words, to turn the design that you have created and which is pixel based for use on a computer, into a series of commands that the computerised embroidery machine will understand.

If you prefer not to purchase software to digitise designs, there are many companies that offer a digitising service and will return a digitised file in the format that your embroidery machine will understand.

Any design work you choose to offer can be created in Corel or Adobe Illustrator and saved in a format that can be imported into the digitising application (EPS, TIFF etc).

What steps are involved in embroidering a design?

The basic steps that must be followed include the following:

Create a design or work with an existing design supplied by your client
Digitise the design using special digitising software
Load the digitised design onto the embroidery machine
Stabilise the fabric (to prevent wrinkles) using a special garment hoop or frame and place this into the embroidery machine
Begin the embroidery process and produce a sample for critical evaluation
Embroider the item taking care to watch for thread or needle breakage (most machine stop when these errors occur)

Can the machine embroider one item at a time?

Embroidery machines can be purchased as single head or multi head products. A single head unit will be able to personalise one garment at t time whereas a multi head system such as the image shown opposite can embroider more than one garment at the same time.

The Amaya system we have selected for display on our web site is particularly clever as up to 30 single head machines can be linked into one continuous system! This feature allows your business to grow and ensures your first embroidery machine can always be upgraded.

If you would like more information on embroidery systems, please feel free to ask us for a recommendation, or contact Amaya UK directly on +44 (0)2392 590281

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