The TRIAC BT hot air indoor welding tool is an economical alternative for indoor fabric welding, designed specifically for indoor tarpaulin and billboard welding.
Bekaert Textiles is now using REPREVE®, a 100 percent recycled fiber from Unifi Inc., for a new collection of eco-friendly mattress coverings designed for comfort, durability and sustainability.
The Ultra Lifestyle Collection of durable, luxurious simulated leather fabrics is designed for marine and outdoor use, engineered to meet the growing demands for strength and environmental responsibility.
Darlington Fabrics has introduced warp knit stretch fabrics with fire retardancy; the fabrics are made of polyester and spandex and are available in a range of weights and widths.
The Sublideck Surface Decoration System is a new range of specialty heat presses engineered for dimensional digital decoration.
A comprehensive line of cut yardage fabrics available for use on Pearson upholstered pieces or in other applications is now available.
The TRIAC BT hot air indoor welding tool is an economical alternative for indoor fabric welding, designed specifically for indoor tarpaulin and billboard welding.
The Shade Inspiration Collection, a new line of decorative window shades from Tri Vantage, offers style solutions to create a variety of environments from bright and airy to blackout.
With Burn-out Knits from Dazian Fabrics, stunning see-through effects can be achieved by manipulating front and rear lighting to highlight either the pattern and the reflective shadows, or the see-through element and the background.
The CaMillion, available from Back-Lit Awnings and Canvas, is a fabric-covered insert that uses the same material as the awning for a perfect texture and color match every time, which will weather and can be cleaned the same as well.
The concept for The Cromie Collection from Durasol Awnings Inc. was to create a design identity for awnings distinct from traditional awning fabrics and other window treatments, raising awnings from accessories to sophisticated building features.
The P-Light paper lighting system (PLS) from Takaten Co. Ltd. offers a slim, attractive appearance and more even lighting than traditional fluorescent-lit signage.
The VersaCAMM VS-640 inkjet printer/cutter from Roland DGA Corp. features DPI Metallic Silver ECO-SOL MAX ink.
No matter what type of customer they are working with, fabricators always face the fundamental question—What will my awning look like?—in the creation and sale of an awning. All too often fabricators have to rely on their customer’s ability to imagine and visualize the finished product based on visualizing fabric samples and photos of other similar installed awnings. With the ongoing evolution and application of technology in the awning marketplace, fabricators can dramatically enhance their abilities to design, present and sell awnings by using software programs created specifically for them.
As an example, the Canvas Link Awning Composer software program is designed to help fabricators design and present awnings, as well as signs and canopies. Designs created in the program are applied seamlessly to digital photographs of the customer’s building or home to provide detailed, accurate and fully visualized images of the end product. The Awning Composer program uses a three dimensional graphics system to create and manipulate objects in true 3D space. Fabricators simply start with a digital photo of the customer’s facility and import it into the program. Using the program’s built-in awning styles and templates, users create, size, rotate and move awnings in any direction to fit a house or building. This gives the fabricator the ability to show their customer what their awning will really look like.
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