Bertil Klinga Segel, Stockholm Sweeden

System In Use

CTx-72 Plotter/Cutter, 24' long home built table

Application

Sailmaking

Story

Bertil Klinga started making sails for himself and his brother at home in the early 1970's.  As sailmaking grew beyond a hobby he used automation to make more product better and faster.  He uses SMSW for sail design and a Carlson plotter/cutter to cut directly on dacron, mylar, and spinnaker material. www.bsegel.com/teknik.htm

Results

Automation has allowed Bertil's sails to become a lot more advanced. "The major advantage of a design program is that you have total control over every change. It facilitates the evaluation and development of the sails." Once designed these sails can be precision cut exactly as specified on the computer. With the table bed as wide as standard challenge sail cloth rolls, cutting a sail can be completed in minutes not hours or days.