Rotary blade cutting line Virga Furniture

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Product summary
Virga is an integrated single-ply digital fabric cutting line designed for on-demand production of upholstered furniture. Connected with Valia Furniture, Virga delivers precise cutting, reduced waste and a smaller environmental footprint while enabling small batches and one-off production on a single automated line.

Challenges addressed

• Preventive and predictive maintenance: Quickly switch production modes and handle diverse fabric types to support on-demand workflows across small and large series.
• Bridge the skills gap: Automate technical steps of made-to-order processes to reduce dependence on scarce specialist operators and attract new talent.
• Reduce costs: Lower material and energy expenses by eliminating consumables and shortening cycle times, improving margins without large scale runs.
• Improve decision-making: Provide real-time production data from order to shipping to accelerate decisions and reduce lead times.

Features & Benefits

• Optimize throughput from loading to offloading: Visual loading assistance with on-screen instructions, automatic material roll-out and camera-assisted fabric positioning. High cutting speed enabled by a rotary-driven blade and dedicated notching tools.
• Reduce cost per cut piece: Long-life blades (≈35 km indicated) and removal of paper/plastic marking consumables increase productivity per m² and reduce operating costs.
• Manage last-minute changes with ease: Synchronize with Valia Furniture for real-time visibility and workflow adjustments; support automatic recuts of rejected pieces through the user interface.
• Reduce quality issues: Anti-error systems, material controls and tension-free spreading pre-set cutting instructions and maximize operator focus on inspection and bundling.
• Boost operator comfort for higher productivity: Visual indicators, easier material handling and an advanced safety system for the cutting area improve ergonomics and throughput.

The Virga range

• Virga P: Complete high-performance line for on-demand production of plain (solid) fabric furniture, designed for continuous, connected workflows.
• Virga M: Built for patterned fabrics — characterizing, scanning, recognizing and matching motifs during cutting to optimize yield and accuracy.

Valia Furniture
Valia Furniture is a cloud-based platform that plans, optimizes and connects the production flow. Integration with Virga enables automated launch of cutting after prepaid customer orders and covers preparation, planning and execution with real-time visibility.

Technical specifications

• Solution: Integrated single-ply digital fabric cutting line (connected to Valia Furniture).
• Cutting technology: Rotary-driven blade with dedicated notching tools.
• Cutting speed: Up to 120 m/min (indicative).
• Blade lifespan: Long-life blade, indicated lifespan ≈35 km.
• Fabric handling: Supports plain fabrics (Virga P) and patterned/matched fabrics (Virga M) with scanning and motif-recognition.
• Consumables: Designed to eliminate paper/plastic marking consumables and reduce energy through shorter cycles.
• Automation & UX: Visual loading assistance, camera-based positioning, on-screen instructions, automatic recuts and operator-focused indicators and safety.
• Quality & error prevention: Anti-error systems, material controls and tension-free spreading to maximize cutting quality.
• Integration: Synchronization with Valia Furniture for planning, execution and real-time production visibility (cloud).