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I have been doing Auto Upholstery on my own since 1980. Being self-taught from an early age. I have always been guarded to share any of my knowledge because of competition, but now I realize that I am ...

Abstract: This paper presents some development work following up on previous research on monitoring and control techniques for high-speed industrial sewing machines. The main objective of the studies ...

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A sewing machine is a fantastically useful thing to own, but too often sewing machines end up languishing in a closet because something wasn't working quite right the last time you tried to use it.