Cording production

To perform cording in combination with embroidery...

3Stitch data from the design file stops the machine as required. On the production worksheet, a ‘Stop’ is displayed with an additional color swatch indicating ‘CORD’. This prompts the machine operator to switch to cording.

3Choose an embroidery thread to stitch the cord to the fabric – either a matching color, contrasting color, or see-through thread.

3The machine stitches the design automatically, with the cord being fed through the cording device, in shapes defined by the stitch data.

3At the end of a section of cording, the machine stops so that you can trim the cord.

3When Cording is applied, a Cord In/Out function is inserted into the stitch sequence. Some machines have a specific Cording function which is output when saving to machine file – e.g. Barudan FDR-3 file format or Schiffli machines that support cording. For machines that don’t have an explicit Cording function, the software outputs a Stop code.

3During production, the needle penetrates either side of the cord, not through the center. As a consequence, the cord is pushed one way or the other.

3Relevant production information is also recorded on the design worksheet:

3Cord size and color

3Length of cord required

3The stop sequence shows when to start cording, trim cording, and end cording.